118612-00-3 | N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate

CAS:118612-00-3 | N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate ,Description

N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, also known as DMAP-BF4, is an organoboron reagent widely used in organic synthesis. It is a colorless, crystalline solid that is soluble in organic solvents. DMAP-BF4 is used in a variety of reactions, including nucleophilic aromatic substitution, Wittig reactions, and deprotonation reactions.
 

Scientific Research Applications

• Catalysis in Stereoselective Synthesis: It's used as a catalyst in the stereoselective synthesis of disaccharides using glycosyl donors (Takeuchi, Tamura, & Mukaiyama, 2000).
• Homogeneous Polymerization: This compound acts as a novel co-catalyst in homogeneous polymerization processes (Kaul, Puchta, Schneider, Grosche, Mihalios, & Herrmann, 2001).
• Lewis Base Properties: Tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, a related compound, is known for its strong acceptor properties for Lewis bases, which is beneficial in synthesizing derivatives like tetraethylammonium and potassium (Massey & Park, 1964).
• Catalyzing Hydroaminations: In combination with diethylzinc, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate efficiently catalyzes hydroaminations at room temperature (Pissarek, Schlesiger, Roesky, & Blechert, 2009).
• Ethylene Polymerization: It's used to improve ethylene polymerization in combination with Cp2ZrCl2 catalysts (Valencia López, Enríquez-Medrano, Carrizales, Corral, Facio, & Gomez, 2014) .
• Photoinitiator in Polymerization: Diaryliodonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate salts, including N,N-dimethylanilinium derivatives, are effective photoinitiators for cationic photopolymerization of epoxy silicones (Castellanos, Fouassier, Priou, & Cavezzan, 1996).
• Friedel-Crafts Benzylation: It catalyzes Friedel-Crafts benzylation reactions of aromatic compounds with enhanced efficiency (MukaiyamaTeruaki, NakanoMasakazu, KikuchiWataru, & MatsuoJun-ichi, 2000).

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