Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate

Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate
Names
IUPAC name
nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate
Other names
nitrosyl tetrafluoroborate
Identifiers
14635-75-7 YesY
ChemSpider 9312255 N
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PubChem 151929
Properties
BF4NO
Molar mass 116.81 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless crystalline solid
Density 2.185 g cm−3
Melting point 250 °C (482 °F; 523 K) (sublimes)
decomposes
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate, also called nitrosyl tetrafluoroborate, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NOBF4. This colourless solid finds use in organic synthesis as a nitrosating agent.[1]

NOBF4 is the nitrosonium salt of fluoroboric acid, and is composed of a nitrosonium cation, [NO]+, and a tetrafluoroborate anion, [BF4].

Reactions

Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate may be used to prepare metal salts of the type [MII(CH3CN)x][BF4]2 (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu). The nitrosonium cation acts as the oxidizer, itself being reduced to nitric oxide gas:[2]

M + NOBF4 + xCH3CN [M(CH3CN)x](BF4)2 + NO

With ferrocene the ferrocenium tetrafluoroborate is formed.[3]

References

  1. "A15806 Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate, 98%". Alfa Aesar website. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  2. Robert A. Heintz, Jennifer A. Smith, Paul S. Szalay, Amy Weisgerber, And Kim R. Dunbar. "11. Homoleptic Transition Metal Acetonitrile Cations with Tetrafluoroborate or Trifluoromethanesulfonate Anions". Inorg. Synth. 33: 75–83. doi:10.1002/0471224502.ch2.
  3. Roger M. Nielson, George E. McManis, Lance K. Safford, Michael J. Weaver (1989). "Solvent and electrolyte effects on the kinetics of ferrocenium-ferrocene self-exchange. A reevaluation". J. Phys. Chem. 93 (5): 2152. doi:10.1021/j100342a086.


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