“…161 162 The pentafluorides, EF 5 , are more difficult to handle (in part because of the formation of HF with water) but are stronger oxidants than the chlorides (SbF 5 will oxidize the less electron-rich triarylamines unaffected by SbCl 5 , section II.A.2.a.iii) and are less likely to give rise to halogenated byproducts. Accordingly, distillation of EF 5 (E ) As and Sb) onto solutions of [MX 2 Cp 2 ] (X ) Cl, M ) V, 163,164 ] and AgCl, i.e., that chloride abstraction occurs with Ag + even though oxidation is favored, and observed, with AsF 5 . 164 Moreover, the reaction between [ReCl 2 -Cp 2 ]Cl with a mixture of Ag[SbF 6 ] and SbF 5 gives [ReCl 2 Cp 2 ][SbF 6 ] 3 via abstraction of the chloride counteranion with Ag + and oxidation by the pentafluoride.…”