The concentration dependence of the normalized (to the total number of moles of the components per liter) absorbance of HF solutions in DMF in ratios from 1 : 12 to 7 : 1 was analyzed. In the binary liquid system (BLS) under consideration, there are molecular complex es with stoichiometric ratios of 1 : 1 and ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥10 : 1 along with heteroassociates (HA) with the HF to DMF ratio of 4 : 1, which have been found earlier. For each HA, the concentration range, in which HA is formed in BLS, was estimated, and the positions of the stretching bands of HF were determined. The optimal configurations and the vibrational frequencies of the molecular complexes (HF) m •(DMF) n (m = 1, 2, 4, 8; n = 1, 2) with different topologies were calculated using the density functional theory (B3LYP/6 31++G(d,p)). The relative stability and struc tural features of the latter complexes were investigated. The complex formation in the HF-DMF system was analyzed. The structures of HA with stoichiometric ratios of 1 : 1 and 4 : 1 were determined by comparing the results of calculations and experimental data.Hydrogen fluoride has the unique ability to form sol vates and complexes. 1 Its molecules are involved in nu merous stable heteroassociates (HA) with different struc tures, 1-32 which determine the chemical, physicochemi cal, and spectroscopic properties of HF containing sys tems. Comprehensive studies of these HA are of funda mental and practical interest due, in particular, to the fact that some HA can act as fluorinating agents. 1,3-6,14, 18 One of important goals in the solution chemistry is to determine the composition, structures, and the mecha nism of the formation of stable hydrogen bonded molecu lar complexes (HF) m •(Solv) n (Solv is an organic solvent) in the liquid phase. Chemical and physicochemical meth ods, 1,3-6,14,18,25-30 IR spectroscopy, 2,22,26-32 X ray dif fraction, and differential thermal analysis 12,13 are em ployed to obtain relevant information.The structural features and conditions of the forma tion of heteroassociates (HF) m •(Solv) n in binary liquid systems (BLS) were considered in experimental and com putational studies having common logic. 25-32 In these studies, new methodological approaches were developed. For example, two procedures adequate to the law of mass action 33 were developed for the determination of the sto ichiometric HF : Solv ratios in these HA. 25,26 One of these procedures is based on measurements of the concentra tion dependences of the normalized (to the total number of moles of the components of BLS per liter of the solu tion) excess density of the solution (Δρ/N, g mol -1 ) and the fact that, according to the law of mass action, the maximum in this dependence will be observed at the mo lar ratio of the components in the binary mixture corre sponding to the stoichiometric composition of HA. An alternative procedure 26 involves measurements of a series of normalized absorbance of solutions (A/N, L mol -1 ), the determination of the frequency regions, in which the absorption of molecular...