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Tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate

purum, ≥98.0% (CHN)

Synonym(s):

TBAPF6, Tetra-n-butylammonium hexafluorophosphate

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N(PF6)
CAS Number:
3109-63-5
Molecular Weight:
387.43
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4056584
EC Number:
221-472-6
MDL number:
MFCD00011748
UNSPSC Code:
12352101
PubChem Substance ID:
329769332
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

purum

Quality Level

200

assay

≥98.0% (CHN)

form

powder

impurities

≤0.3% halogenides (as Br)
≤1% water

mp

244-246 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.CCCC[N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC

InChI

1S/C16H36N.F6P/c1-5-9-13-17(14-10-6-2,15-11-7-3)16-12-8-4;1-7(2,3,4,5)6/h5-16H2,1-4H3;/q+1;-1

InChI key

BKBKEFQIOUYLBC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (TBAPF6) or TBAHP can be used:
  • As the supporting electrolyte in cyclic voltammetric studies.
  • As a reactant in the synthesis of fluorescent nanofibrous sensing films for detecting nitro-explosive vapors.

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GHS07

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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BCCK4915
MKBL3118V
BCCD7712
BCCD8568
BCCD8567

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Novel Signal-Amplifying Fluorescent Nanofibers for Naked-Eye-Based Ultrasensitive Detection of Buried Explosives and Explosive Vapors
Wang Y, et al.
Advances in Functional Materials, 22(17), 3547-3555 (2012)
Switching on elusive organometallic mechanisms with photoredox catalysis
Terrett JA, et al.
Nature, 524(7565), 330-330 (2015)
Tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate and 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids as supporting electrolytes for non-aqueous vanadium redox flow batteries
Zhang D, et al.
Journal of Power Sources, 203(7565), 201-205 (2012)
Sonia Bruña et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 43(35), 13187-13195 (2014-07-17)
Reaction of Fe3(CO)12 with 1,2-dithiolene HSC6H2Cl2SH affords a mixture of complexes [Fe2(CO)6(μ-SC6H2Cl2S)] 1, [Fe2(SC6H2Cl2S)4] 2 and [Fe3(CO)7(μ3-SC6H2Cl2S)2] 3. In the course of the reaction the trimetallic cluster 3 is first formed and then converted into the known dinuclear compound 1
Steven Hananouchi et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 43(48), 17991-18000 (2014-10-30)
Isostructural vanadium, niobium and tantalum complexes of bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-phenol)amine ([ONO]H3), were prepared and characterized to evaluate the impact of the metal ion on redox-activity of the ligand platform. New vanadium and niobium complexes with the general formula, [ONO]MCl2L (M = V
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