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Lithium tetrafluoroborate

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Synonym(s):

Lithium borofluoride, Lithium fluoroborate

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Linear Formula:
LiBF4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
93.75
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

98%

form

powder

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293-300 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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SMILES string

[Li+].F[B-](F)(F)F

InChI

1S/BF4.Li/c2-1(3,4)5;/q-1;+1

InChI key

UFXJWFBILHTTET-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Lithium tetrafluoroborate is a mild Lewis acid for Diels-Alder reactions. It is used as a catalyst for mild and efficient aminolysis of oxiranes.Lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4) may be as an additive in electrolyte to improve the performance of Li-ion batteries.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Tetrahedron Letters, 32, 1549-1549 (1991)
Tetrahedron Letters, 31, 4661-4661 (1990)
Lithium tetrafluoroborate as an electrolyte additive to improve the high voltage performance of lithium-ion battery.
Zuo X, et al.
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 160(8), A1199-A1204 (2013)
Takahiro Ichikawa et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(7), 2163-2169 (2011-01-29)
Thermotropic bicontinuous cubic (Cub(bi)) liquid-crystalline (LC) compounds based on a polymerizable ammonium moiety complexed with a lithium salt have been designed to obtain lithium ion-conductive all solid polymeric films having 3D interconnected ionic channels. The monomer shows a Cub(bi) phase
J S Yadav et al.
Carbohydrate research, 332(2), 221-224 (2001-07-04)
The treatment of glycals with allyltrimethylsilane in the presence of lithium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile gave the corresponding allyl 2,3-unsaturated C-glycosylic compounds in excellent yields with high anomeric selectivity.

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