The single-cryst
al X-r
ay structures of [
XF6][Sb
2F
11] (X = Cl, Br, I) h
ave been determined
and represent the firstdet
ailed cryst
allogr
aphic study of s
alts cont
aining the XF
6+ c
ations. The three s
alts
are isomorphous
and cryst
allizein the monoclinic sp
ace group
P2
1/
n with
Z = 4: [ClF
6][Sb
2F
11],
a = 11.824(2) Å,
b = 8.434(2) Å,
c = 12.088(2)Å,
ages/gifch
ars/bet
a2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 97.783(6)
ages/entities/deg.gif">,
V = 1194.3(4) Å
3,
R1 = 0.0488
at -130
ages/entities/deg.gif">C; [BrF
6][Sb
2F
11],
a = 11.931(2) Å,
b = 8.492(2)Å,
c = 12.103(2) Å,
ages/gifch
ars/bet
a2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 97.558(4)
ages/entities/deg.gif">,
V = 1215.5(4) Å
3,
R1 = 0.0707
at -130
ages/entities/deg.gif">C; [IF
6][Sb
2F
11],
a = 11.844(1) Å,
b = 8.617(1) Å,
c = 11.979(2) Å,
ages/gifch
ars/bet
a2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 98.915(2)
ages/entities/deg.gif">,
V = 1207.8(3) Å
3,
R1 = 0.0219
at -173
ages/entities/deg.gif">C. The cryst
alstructure of [IF
6][Sb
2F
11] w
as
also determined
at -100
ages/entities/deg.gif">C
and w
as found to cryst
allize in the monoclinic sp
acegroup
P2
1/
m with
Z = 4,
a = 11.885(1) Å,
b = 8.626(1) Å,
c = 12.000(1) Å,
ages/gifch
ars/bet
a2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 98.44(1),
V = 1216.9(2) Å
3,
R1 = 0.0635. The XF
6+ c
ations h
ave oct
ahedr
al geometries with
aver
age Cl-F, Br-F,
and I-F bond lengths o
f1.550(4), 1.666(11)
and 1.779(6) [-173
ages/entities/deg.gif">C]/1.774(8) [-100
ages/entities/deg.gif">C] Å, respectively. The chemic
al shifts of the centr
alqu
adrupol
ar nuclei,
35,37Cl,
79,81Br,
and
127I, were determined for [ClF
6][AsF
6] (814 ppm), [BrF
6][AsF
6] (2080 ppm),
and [IF
6][Sb
3F
16] (3381 ppm) in
anhydrous HF solution
at 27
ages/entities/deg.gif">C,
and s
pin-inversion-recovery experiments wereused to determine the
T1-rel
ax
ation times of
35Cl (1.32(3) s),
37Cl (2.58(6) s),
79Br (24.6(4) ms),
81Br (35.4(5) ms),
and
127I (6.53(1) ms). Trends
among the centr
al h
alogen chemic
al shifts
and
T1-rel
ax
ation times of XF
6+, XO
4-,
and X
- are discussed. The isotro
pic
1J-coupling const
ants
and reduced coupling const
ants for the XF
6+ c
ations
and isoelectronic hex
afluoro species of rows 3-6
are em
piric
ally
assessed in terms of the rel
ative contributions ofthe Fermi-cont
act, s
pin-dipol
ar,
and s
pin-orbit mech
anisms. Electronic structure c
alcul
ations using H
artree-Fock,MP2,
and loc
al density function
al methods were used to determine the energy-minimized g
as-ph
ase geometries,
atomic ch
arges,
and M
ayer bond orders of the XF
6+ c
ations. The c
alcul
ated vibr
ation
al frequencies
are in
accordwith the previously published
assignments
and experiment
al vibr
ation
al frequencies of the XF
6+ c
ations. Bondingtrends within the XF
6+ c
ation series h
ave been discussed in terms of n
atur
al bond orbit
al (NBO)
an
alyses, thelig
and close-p
acked (LCP) model,
and the electron loc
aliz
ation function (ELF).