Improved Access to Organo‐Soluble Di‐ and Tetrafluoridochlorate(I)/(III) Salts |
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Authors: | P. Pr hm,J. R. Schmid,K. Sonnenberg,P. Voß nacker,S. Steinhauer,C. J. Schattenberg,R. Mü ller,M. Kaupp,S. Riedel |
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Affiliation: | P. Pröhm,J. R. Schmid,K. Sonnenberg,P. Voßnacker,S. Steinhauer,C. J. Schattenberg,R. Müller,M. Kaupp,S. Riedel |
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Abstract: | A facile one‐pot gram‐scale synthesis of tetraalkylammonium tetrafluoridochlorate(III) [cat][ClF4] ([cat]=[NEt3Me]+, [NEt4]+) is described. An acetonitrile solution of the corresponding alkylammonium chloride salt is fluorinated with diluted fluorine at low temperatures. The reaction proceeds via the [ClF2]? anion which is structurally characterized for the first time. The potential application of [ClF4]? salts as fluorinating agents is evaluated by the reaction with diphenyl disulfide, Ph2S2, to pentafluorosulfanyl benzene, PhSF5. The CN moieties in acetonitrile and [B(CN)4]? are transferred in CF3 groups. Exposure of carbon monoxide, CO, leads to the formation of carbonyl fluoride, COF2, and elemental gold is dissolved under the formation of tetrafluoridoaurate [AuF4]?. |
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Keywords: | chlorine fluorides fluorination reagents strong oxidizers |
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