Antimony-121 nuclear magnetic resonance study of hexahaloantimonate anions
The seven hexahaloantimonate anions in the series [SbClnBr6−n]− have been prepared and their antimony-121 nmr spectra show that for [SbCl4Br2]−, [SbCl3Br3]−, and [SbCl2Br4]−, only the cis isomers are present in acetonitrile solution. The pairwise additivity model for central atom shielding has been used for configuration assignments. Models relevant to the higher incidence of cis over trans isomers are discussed. The nuclear shielding of 121Sb is the most sensitive to halogen substitution of all the elements whose halide chemical shifts have been studied. Antimony shieldings exhibit normal halogen dependence, with bromine substitution causing upfield shifts relative to chlorine substitution.