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Title: Safe Preparation and Purification of Sodium Tetrakis[(3,5-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate (NaBArF24): Reliable and SensitiveAnalysis of Water in Solutions of Fluorinated Tetraarylborates

Journal Article · · Organometallics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/om0501428· OSTI ID:908469

A safe, convenient preparation of the reagent sodium tetrakis[(3,5-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate (NaBArF{sub 24}) has been devised by utilizing a magnesium-bromine exchange reaction in the absence of metallic magnesium. Purified material was then rigorously dried over P{sub 2}O{sub 5} (NaBArF{sub 24} with <500 ppm H{sub 2}O by mass) or recrystallized as a hydrate (NaBArF{sub 24} x(2.6 {+-} 0.1)H{sub 2}O). Accurate analysis of the water content of these samples by {sup 1}H NMR was accomplished by using dimethylzirconocene (Cp{sub 2}Zr(CH{sub 3}){sub 2}).

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Basic EnergySciences. Chemical Sciences Geosciences and Biosciences Division; National Institutes of Health GM-066582
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
908469
Report Number(s):
LBNL-59475; ORGND7; R&D Project: 402101; BnR: KC0302010; TRN: US200722%%650
Journal Information:
Organometallics, Vol. 24; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2005; ISSN 0276-7333
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English