Antimony(III) fluoride: inclusion complexes with crown ethers

Four crystalline molecular complexes between antimony(III) fluoride and 18-membered crown ethers have been obtained and their structures investigated by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques: [18-crown-6·SbF₃], C₁₂H₂₄F₃O₆Sb,P2₁2₁2₁,a=8.328(4),b=11.573(4),c=18.094(4)Å,V=1744(1)ų,Z=4; [benzo-18-crown-6·SbF₃], C₁₆H₂₄F₃O₆Sb,P2₁/n,a=10.490(2),b=13.714(1),c=13.442(2)Å, β=101.94(1)°,V=1892(1)ų,Z=4; [cis-syn-cis-dicyclohexano-18-crown-6·SbF₃·CH₃OH], C₂₁H₄₀F₃O₇Sb,P2₁/n,a=8.270(4),b=23.386(3),c=12.772(1)Å, β=96.31(2)°,V=2455(1)ų,Z=4; [cis-anti-cis-dicyclohexano-18-crown-6·SbF₃], C₂₀H₃₆F₃O₆Sb,Pna2₁,a=21.091(8),b=12.829(5),c=8.437(3)Å,V=2283(2)ų,Z=4. All species are the perching-type complexes with the antimony fluoride above the cavity and the metal lone pair pointed toward the center of the crown ring. The antimony atom interacts with all six crown oxygen atoms with Sb‑O distances of 2.837(2)–3.344(2) Å. The antimony atom is displaced from the least square plane of the crown oxygen atoms at the distances of 1.288–1.383 Å.