The salt, [F
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF][AsF
6], has bee
n sy
nthesized by the reactio
n of [XeF][AsF
6] with liquid N
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">SF
3 at -20
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">C.The Xe-N bo
nded catio
n provides a rare example of xe
no
n bou
nd to a
n i
norga
nic
nitroge
n base i
n which
nitroge
nis formally sp-hybridized. The F
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+ catio
n was characterized by Rama
n spectroscopy at -150
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">C a
nd by
129Xe,
19F, a
nd
14N NMR spectroscopy i
n HF solutio
n at -20
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">C a
nd i
n BrF
5 solutio
n at -60
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">C. Colorless[F
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF][AsF
6] was crystallized from HF solve
nt at -45
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">C, a
nd its low-temperature X-ray crystal structure wasdetermi
ned. The Xe-N bo
nd is amo
ng the lo
ng
est Xe-N bo
nds k
now
n (2.236(4) &Ari
ng;), whereas the Xe-F bo
ndle
ngth (1.938(3) &Ari
ng;) is sig
nifica
ntly shorter tha
n that of XeF
2 but lo
nger tha
n i
n XeF
+ salts. The Xe-F a
nd Xe-Nbo
nd le
ngths are similar to those of HC
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+, placi
ng it amo
ng the most io
nic Xe-N bo
nds k
now
n. The
no
nli
nearXe-N-S a
ngle (142.6(3)
o) co
ntrasts with the li
near a
ngle predicted by electro
nic structure calculatio
ns a
nd isattributed to close N···F co
ntacts withi
n the crystallographic u
nit cell. Electro
nic structure calculatio
ns at the MP2a
nd DFT levels of theory were used to calculate the gas-phase geometries, charges, bo
nd orders, a
nd vale
nciesof F
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+ a
nd to assig
n vibratio
nal freque
ncies. The calculated small e
nergy differe
nce (7.9 k
J mol
-1) betwee
nbe
nt a
nd li
near Xe-N-S a
ngles also i
ndicates that the be
nt geometry is likely the result of crystal packi
ng. Th
estructural studies,
natural bo
nd orbital a
nalyses, a
nd calculated gas-phase dissociatio
n e
nthalpies reveal thatF
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+ is amo
ng the weak
est do
nor-acceptor adducts of XeF
+ with a
n Xe-N do
nor-acceptor i
nteractio
nthat is very similar to that of HC
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+, but co
nsiderably stro
nger tha
n that of F
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NAsF
5. Despite the lowdissociatio
n e
nthalpy of the do
nor-acceptor bo
nd i
n F
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+,
129Xe,
19F, a
nd
14N NMR studies reveal that theF
3S
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">NXeF
+ catio
n is
no
nlabile at low temperatures i
n HF a
nd BrF
5 solve
nts.