The NH3Cl+ Cation

Abstract

Whereas at least seven simple inorganic cations, NH3F+,1,2 NH2F2+,3 NF4+,4 N2F+,5 N2F3+,6 ONF2+,7 and N3NOF+,8 which contain N-F bonds, have been prepared and well characterized, the existence of corresponding N-Cl containing cations is not well established. Thus, only two N-Cl containing cations, NCl4+9 and ONCl2+,10,11 have been reported, however, our repeated attempts to duplicate their syntheses were unsuccessful, and the crystal structure, published for ONCl2+SbCl6-,10 has been challenged on theoretical grounds.12 The paucity of data on simple inorganic N-Cl containing cations can be attributed to the general explosiveness and instability of nitrogen chlorides.13-15 In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of NH3Cl+M- salts (M = BF4, AsF6, or SbF6), the first examples of compounds containing a stable, simple inorganic cation with an N-Cl bond, are reported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424401

Entities

People

  • Jerry A. Boatz
  • Karl O. Christe
  • Ralf Haiges
  • Stefan Schneider
  • Thorsten Schroer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Elements
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Instability
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Nitrogen
  • Resonance
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

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