Results of elemental chemical analyses of the coordination compounds of the type LnFn(AsF6)3‐n (Ln = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) indicated unexpectedly low stability of the generally highly hydrolytically stable [AsF6]− ion. Experiments conducted on model compounds of the type NdFn(AsF6)3‐n have shown that hydrolysis proceeded instantaneously during the reaction of the solid compound with water. The ligand substitution catalysis of the compounds is explained in terms of the distortion of the [AsF6]− octahedra earlier shown by vibrational spectroscopy. The study contrasts formally related reactions on the solid−solvent interface as opposed to those in homogeneous solution. A new look at some long studied and well‐known inorganic species is offered. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)