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Ligands with tightly-bound halide atoms such as xenon difluoride coordinate the silver, but do not themselves decompose:
:AgPF₆ + 2 XeF₂ -> [Ag(XeF₂)₂]PF₆.

AgPF₆ can act as an oxidant, forming silver metal as a by-product. For example, in solution in dichloromethane, ferrocene is oxidised to ferrocenium hexafluorophosphate:

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