• Source: Sodium hexafluoroantimonate

Sodium hexafluoroantimonate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula NaSbF6.




Synthesis


Sodium hexafluoroantimonate may be synthesised by oxidation of antimony trioxide with bromine trifluoride:

6Sb2O3 + 20BrF3 + 12NaF → 12Na[SbF6] + 10Br2 + 9O2
Or it may be formed by reaction of antimony and sodium fluorides:

SbF5 + NaF → Na[SbF6]




Physical properties


Sodium hexafluoroantimonate forms colorless crystals, soluble in water. It crystallizes in the cubic Pa3 space group with unit cell dimension of a=0.820 Å.




Chemical properties


Sodium hexafluoroantimonate undergoes slow partial hydrolysis in aqueous solutions.




References

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• Sodium hexafluoroantimonate
• Diazonium compound
• Oxidizing agent
• Nitryl azide
• Pentazenium tetraazidoborate
• Balz–Schiemann reaction
• Sulfuric acid
• Pnictogen
• Noble gas compound
• Hexafluorophosphate