“…Theirf requencies are comparable to those of the Raman-active n 1 (S g + )m odes of free NgF 2 (Kr,4 65, [42] 469 [13] cm À1 ;X e, 515, [43] 496 [44] cm À1 )a nd are in accordance with the experimental NgÀFb ond length trends [NgF 2 ·2CrOF 4 :1 .8881(6) (Kr), 2.001(1) (Xe);f ree NgF 2 :1 .894(5) (Kr), 1.999(4) (Xe)].T he calculated frequencies and NgÀFb ond lengths follow the same trends [NgF 2 ·2CrOF 4 ;4 91 cm À1 ,1 .899 (Kr);5 34 cm À1 ,2 .023 (Xe); free NgF 2 :4 90 cm À1 ,1 .891 (Kr);5 05 cm À1 ,2 .012 (Xe)].T he symmetric stretching frequencies are also comparable to the in-phaseNgF 2 stretching frequencies of the bridging NgF 2 molecules in Hg(OTeF 5 ) 2 ·1.5NgF 2 [468 (Kr), 501 cm À1 (Xe)]. Theirf requencies are comparable to those of the Raman-active n 1 (S g + )m odes of free NgF 2 (Kr,4 65, [42] 469 [13] cm À1 ;X e, 515, [43] 496 [44] cm À1 )a nd are in accordance with the experimental NgÀFb ond length trends [NgF 2 ·2CrOF 4 :1 .8881(6) (Kr), 2.001(1) (Xe);f ree NgF 2 :1 .894(5) (Kr), 1.999(4) (Xe)].T he calculated frequencies and NgÀFb ond lengths follow the same trends [NgF 2 ·2CrOF 4 ;4 91 cm À1 ,1 .899 (Kr);5 34 cm À1 ,2 .023 (Xe); free NgF 2 :4 90 cm À1 ,1 .891 (Kr);5 05 cm À1 ,2 .012 (Xe)].T he symmetric stretching frequencies are also comparable to the in-phaseNgF 2 stretching frequencies of the bridging NgF 2 molecules in Hg(OTeF 5 ) 2 ·1.5NgF 2 [468 (Kr), 501 cm À1 (Xe)].…”