Thomas M. Klapötke
(Iodocyano)iodine hexafluoroarsenate,
[ICNI]+[AsF6]-, containing the
linear 22-valence-electron [ICNI]+ cation was synthesized
either by the reaction of iodine cyanide with
[I3]+[AsF6]- or
directly from ICN, I2 and AsF5 and characterized
by chemical analysis, IR, Raman and 19F NMR data. A combined
vibrational (IR, Raman) and theoretical study revealed the
[ICNI]+ cation to be linear. The preference of the linear
over the bent structure can easily be understood in terms of
hyperconjugative interactions in the cationic species [natural bond
order (NBO) analysis]. The molecular structure of the [ICNI]+
cation was computed semiempirically (Austin Model 1, AM1;
reparameterization of AM1, PM3) and ab initio at the
Hartree–Fock (HF/6-31G*) and correlated RMP2 (RMP, restricted
Møller–Plesset) and RMP4(SDQ) levels of theory using
quasi-relativistic pseudo-potentials (LANL2DZ) for the iodine atoms. The
computed structural parameters at the highest level applied are:
C∞v symmetry, RMP4(SDQ),
d(I–C) = 2.001,
d(C
N) = 1.167,
d(N–I) = 2.021 Å. The
N–I bond dissociation enthalpy for [ICN–I]+ was
calculated ab initio at the electron-correlated RMP2 level of
theory as 207.4 kJ mol-1. The metathetical reaction
of [ICNI]+[AsF6]- with
CsN3 in SO2ClF afforded IN3,
Cs+[AsF6]- and ICN.