Triazadienyl fluoride, N3F, forms stable adducts with BF3 and AsF5 at low temperatures, as demonstrated by infrared measurements. The Lewis acids are bonded to the Nα-atom of N3F, as deduced from the data for 15N-isotopically enriched N3F. The basicity of N3F is comparable to that of ethine and ethene, according to the HF stretching frequency of the N3F/HF complex isolated in an argon matrix. Despite the low NF bond energy (< 150 kJ/mol), abstraction of the fluoride ion and formation of an N3+ salt was not possible. The different behavior of N3F and ClN3 towards Lewis acids is discussed
