I
n order to u
ndersta
nd the reaso
ns for the low
nucleophilicity ofsuperacid a
nio
ns, a systematic, comparati
vestudy of six superacid a
nio
ns by si
ngle-crystal X-ray diffractio
n isu
ndertake
n. From magic acid,HSO
3F-SbF
5,surprisi
ngly, si
ngle crystals of oxo
niumu
ndecafluorodia
ntimo
nate(V),[H
3O][Sb
2F
11],
1, are obtai
ned. I
n theremai
ni
ng fi
ve salts the cesium io
n, Cs
+, is used as thecou
ntercatio
n. Both CsSO
3F,
2, a
nd itssol
vateCs[H(SO
3F)
2],
3, are deri
ved fromthe Brö
nsted superacid HSO
3F. The co
njugate
noble metal superacid systemsHSO
3F-Au(SO
3F)
3 a
ndHSO
3F-Pt(SO
3F)
4 pro
videcesium tetrakis(fluorosulfato)aurate(III)Cs[Au(SO
3F)
4],
4,a
nd cesium hexakis(fluorosulfato)p
lati
nate(IV)Cs
2[Pt(SO
3F)
6],
5. Cesiumhexakis(fluorosulfato)a
ntimo
nate(V)Cs[Sb(SO
3F)
6],
6, whosesy
nthesis is described here i
n detail, pro
vides e
vide
nce for thepossible existe
nce of a
new co
njugate superacid system,HSO
3F-Sb(SO
3F)
5.Crystals of [H
3O][Sb
2F
11](
1, H
3F
11OSb
2) areorthorhombic,
a = 12.744(2) &Ari
ng;,
b = 39.371(2) &Ari
ng;,
c = 11.407(3) &Ari
ng;,
Z = 24, a
nd spacegroup
Pbca; those of CsSO
3F(
2,CsFO
3S) are mo
nocli
nic,
a = 7.7243(6) &Ari
ng;,
b = 8.1454(6) &Ari
ng;,
c = 7.7839(7) &Ari
ng;,
= 110.832(7)
ntities/deg.gif">,
Z = 4, a
ndspace group
P2
1/
a; those ofCs[H(SO
3F)
2] (
3,HCsF
2O
6S
2) are mo
nocli
nic,
a = 13.371(2) &Ari
ng;,
b = 7.731(2) &Ari
ng;,
c= 9.485(2) &Ari
ng;,
= 128.375(7)
ntities/deg.gif">,
Z = 4,a
nd space group
C2/
c; those ofCs[Au(SO
3F)
4] (
4,AuCsF
4O
12S
4) aremo
nocli
nic,
a = 17.725(2) &Ari
ng;,
b =5.822(2) &Ari
ng;,
c = 14.624(2) &Ari
ng;,
=102.120(9)
ntities/deg.gif">,
Z = 4, a
nd space group
C2/
c;those of Cs
2[Pt(SO
3F)
6](
5,Cs
2F
6O
18PtS
6) aretrigo
nal,
a = 9.070(1) &Ari
ng;,
c =7.6028(7) &Ari
ng;,
Z = 1, space group
P321; a
nd those ofCs[Sb(SO
3F)
6] (
6,CsF
6O
18S
6Sb) are trigo
nal,
a = 12.0317(7) &Ari
ng;,
c = 12.026(2)&Ari
ng;,
Z = 3,space group
Rntities/thremacr.gif">. The structures were sol
ved byPatterso
n (
1,
2, a
nd
6) or direct(
4 a
nd
5) methods (that of
3isa redetermi
natio
n) a
nd were refi
ned by full-matrix least-squaresprocedures to
R = 0.036, 0.029, 0.027, 0.030,0.048, a
nd 0.039 (
Rw = 0.032,0.027, 0.026, 0.029, 0.045, a
nd 0.037) for 4110, 2321, 1362, 1671, 7
38,a
nd 1485reflectio
ns with
I ntities/ge.gif"> 3
(
F2),for
1,
2,
3,
4,
5, a
nd
6, respecti
vely. I
n additio
nCs[Sb(SO
3F)
6] is characterizedby
vibratio
nal spectroscopy.