Amorphous [W(NC6F5)F4]
x
has been synthesized by the reaction of [C5H5NH][W(NC6F5)F5] with AsF5 in CH2Cl2. The reaction of [W(NC6F5)F4]
x
with CH3CN yields monomeric W(NC6F5)F4(NCCH3), whereas reaction with
a sub-2-fold excess of C5H5N in CH3CN results in quantitative conversion to W(NC6F5)F4(NC5H5). Meanwhile, the reaction
of W(NC6F5)F4(NCCH3) with
a large excess of C5H5N results in the precipitation
of W(NC6F5)F4(NC5H5)2. These compounds have been characterized in
the solid state by Raman spectroscopy and in solution by multinuclear
NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of W(NC6F5)F4(NCCH3) and W(NC6F5)F4(NC5H5), as well as improved
structures of WOF4(NC5H5)
n
(n = 1, 2),
have been obtained at low temperatures. Furthermore, density functional
theory (DFT-B3LYP) calculations have been conducted on the W(NR)F4 (R = H, F, CH3, CF3, C6H5, C6F5) series as well as W(NC6F5)F4(NCCH3) and W(NC6F5)F4(NC5H5)
n
(n = 1, 2), providing
optimized gas-phase geometries, vibrational frequencies, molecular
orbitals, fluoride-ion affinities, and natural bond orbital (NBO)
analyses.