@article {3866, title = {Superacid anions: Crystal and molecular structures of oxonium undecafluorodiantimonate(V), [H3O][Sb2F11], cesium fluorosulfate, CsSO3F, cesium hydrogen bis(fluorosulfate), Cs[H(SO3F)(2)], cesium tetrakis(fluorosulfato)aurate(III), Cs[Au(SO3F)(4)], cesium}, journal = {Inorganic Chemistry}, volume = {35}, number = {21}, year = {1996}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: VL611Times Cited: 31Cited Reference Count: 90}, month = {Oct}, pages = {6113-6130}, type = {Article}, abstract = {{In order to understand the reasons for the low nucleophilicity of superacid anions, a systematic, comparative study of six superacid anions by single-crystal X-ray diffraction is undertaken. From magic acid, HSO3F-SbF5, surprisingly, single crystals of oxonium undecafluorodiantimonate(V), [H3O][Sb2F11], 1, are obtained. In the remaining five salts the cesium ion, Cs+, is used as the countercation. Both CsSO3F, 2, and its solvate Cs[H(SO3F)(2)], 3, are derived from the Bronsted superacid HSO3F. The conjugate noble metal superacid systems HSO3F-Au(SO3F)(3) and HSO3F-Pt(SO3F)(4) provide cesium tetrakis(fluorosulfato)aurate(III) Cs[Au(SO3F)(4)], 4, and cesium hexakis (fluorosulfato)platinate(IV) Cs-2[Pt(SO3F)(6)], 5. Cesium hexakis (fluorosulfato)antimonate(V) Cs[Sb(SO3F)(6)], 6, whose synthesis is described here in detail, provides evidence for the possible existence of a new conjugate superacid system, HSO3F-Sb(SO3F)(5). Crystals of [H3O][Sb2F11] (1, H3F11OSb2) are orthorhombic}, keywords = {ACIDS, BEHAVIOR, CATIONS, CONSTANTS, DERIVATIVES, FLUORIDE, FLUOROSULFATE, GOLD(III), TRIS(FLUOROSULFATE), VIBRATIONAL-SPECTRA, WEAKLY COORDINATING ANIONS}, isbn = {0020-1669}, url = {://A1996VL61100024}, author = {Zhang, D. L. and Rettig, S. J. and Trotter, J. and Aubke, F.} }