Gas-Phase Chemiionization Reactions of Antimony Pentafluoride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00407a010

Using crossed molecular beams, we have studied the reactions of SbF5 and its polymers with organic halides (RX).Monomer SbF5 reacts with some RX species to produce R(1+) + SbF5X(1-).Dimer reacts with a wider variety of RX species to produce R(1+) + SbF6(1-) + SbF4X.Unless R(1+) is particularly subject to cleavage, only the parent R(1+) is observed; this indicates that the product is formed with only a small amount of internal energy.