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1,1′-Difluoro-2,2′-bipyridinium bis(tetrafluoroborate)

Synonym(s):

MEC-31

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H8B2F10N2
CAS Number:
178439-26-4
Molecular Weight:
367.79
MDL number:
MFCD01073546
UNSPSC Code:
12352101
PubChem Substance ID:
24871924
NACRES:
NA.22

mp

175 °C (dec.) (lit.)

Quality Level

200

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

F[B-](F)(F)F.F[B-](F)(F)F.F[n+]1ccccc1-c2cccc[n+]2F

InChI

1S/C10H8F2N2.2BF4/c11-13-7-3-1-5-9(13)10-6-2-4-8-14(10)12;2*2-1(3,4)5/h1-8H;;/q+2;2*-1

InChI key

IDFABAACDRPWQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

1,1′-Difluoro-2,2′-bipyridinium bis(tetrafluoroborate) or SynFluor can be used as an electrophilic fluorinating reagent to synthesize various organofluorine compounds. This reagent is very reactive with high fluorine content, which can be activated by the addition of a catalytic amount of sodium triflate (NaOTf).
  • Fluorinating agent

Reactant for:
  • Electrophilic fluorination
  • Preparation of electrophiles from common anions via fluorination

pictograms

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GHS05,GHS07

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Danger

hcodes

H302,H314

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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MKBB7575
01512AE
14413JU

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1, 1?-Difluoro-2, 2?-bipyridinium bis (Tetrafluoroborate)
Singh RP and Umemoto T
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Second Edition (2001)
Exploration of fluorination reagents starting from FITS reagents
Umemoto T
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 167, 3-15 (2014)

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