15800

Boron trifluoride methyl etherate

technical, ~60% BF₃ basis

• Synonym(s): (Dimethyl ether)trifluoroboron
• Linear Formula: BF₃ · O(CH₃)₂
• CAS Number: 353-42-4
• Molecular Weight: 113.87
• Beilstein: 3613739
• EC Number: 206-532-1
• MDL number: MFCD00013192
• UNSPSC Code: 12352106
• PubChem Substance ID: 24849714

Properties

• grade: technical
• autoignition temp.: 455 °F
• expl. lim.: 21.6 %
• concentration: ~60% (BF₃)
• refractive index: n20/D 1.308 (lit.)
• bp: 126-127 °C (lit.)
• mp: −15 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.239 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: C[O+](C)[B-](F)(F)F
• InChI: 1S/C2H6BF3O/c1-7(2)3(4,5)6/h1-2H3
• InChI key: FOWZWMGLMYVYDH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

Reactant or reagent involved in:

• Deconvoluting the chemical reaction kinetics of platinum-silver ligand exchange
• Synthesis of neurogenic ganglioside LLG-3 from starfish via glycosylation reactions
• Synthesis of peloruside via lactonization and relay ring-closing metathesis cyclization
• FRET for monitoring Pd-catalyzed nucleophilic allylic substitution reactions
• Single molecuel imaging of fluorophore-tagged palldium(II) complexes
• β-elimination and rearrangement reactions for synthesis of exocyclic vinyl ethers