Rocketdyne, A Division of Rockwell International, Canoga Park, California 91304 USA
Abstract:
Toy and Stringham recently reported 1] the synthesis of N2F+5 (CF3)3CO-, a salt containing the novel pentafluorohydrazinium cation. This cation would be of significant academic and practical interest 2] since it would constitute the first known example of a substituted NF+4 cation, i.e. an NF+4 cation in which a fluorine ligand is replaced by an NF2 group. According to the authors of 1], N2F+5(CF3)3CO- was formed in a very unusual reaction involving the transfer of a fluorine cation from (CF3)3COF to N2F4 according to: