218847

Boron trifluoride methyl etherate

• Synonym(s): (Dimethyl ether)trifluoroboron
• Linear Formula: BF₃ · O(CH₃)₂
• CAS Number: 353-42-4
• Molecular Weight: 113.87
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 3613739
• EC Number: 206-532-1
• MDL number: MFCD00013192
• UNSPSC Code: 12352106
• PubChem Substance ID: 24853093
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• form: liquid
• Quality Level: 100
• autoignition temp.: 455 °F
• expl. lim.: 21.6 %
• reaction suitability: core: boron; reagent type: Lewis acid; reagent type: catalyst
• 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

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS08,GHS05,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H260,H302 + H332,H314,H335,H373
• pcodes: P231 + P232 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P314
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT RE 2 Inhalation - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1
• target_organs: Kidney, Respiratory system
• Storage Class: 4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: 143.6 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: 62 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter