Donor Acceptor Complexes between the Chalcogen Fluorides SF 2 , SeF 2 , SeF 4 and TeF 4 and an N-Heterocyclic Carbene.

The majority of binary chalcogen fluorides are fiercely reactive and extremely difficult to handle. Here, we show that access to crystalline donor-acceptor complexes between chalcogen difluorides (sulfur, selenium) and tetrafluorides (selenium, tellurium) with the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene (IPr) is possible conveniently and safely without the need to generate the highly unstable EF 2 (E=S, Se) or the very toxic and corrosive SeF 4 .