A 19F nuclear magnetic resonance and Raman spectroscopic investigation of the reaction of iodine oxide pentafluoride with the Lewis acids, antimony and arsenic pentafluoride

The reactions of IOF5 with SbF5 and with AsF5 have been investigated at low temperature by 19F nmr and Raman spectroscopy. It was found that SbF5 forms labile 1:1 and 2:1 complexes whereas AsF5 forms only a 1:1 complex. The IOF5 is bound through its oxygen atom to the Lewis acids AsF5, SbF5, or (SbF5)2.