AsF5 radical anion intermediate in the charge-transfer interaction with donors
Abstract
Arsenic pentafluoride interacts at low temperature with either butadiyne or nitric oxide to form the arsenic radical anion (·AsF5–); this radical anion generation and subsequent annihilation at higher temperatures governs the ‘overall’ half-reaction:3AsF5+ 2e–→ 2AsF6–+ :AsF3.