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Boron trifluoride diethyl etherate

Catalog No. A15275 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 109-63-7 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
三氟化硼乙醚
IUPAC name
ethoxyethane; trifluoroborane
IUPAC Traditional name
boron trifluoride; diethyl ether
Synonyms
Boron trifluoride etherate
Boron fluoride-ether

DATABASE IDS

EC Number 203-689-8
MDL Number MFCD00013194
Beilstein Number 3909607
CAS Number 109-63-7
Merck Index 141350

PROPERTIES

Purity 98+%
Boiling Point 125-126°C
Density 1.130
Flash Point 47°C(116°F)
Melting Point -60°C
Refractive Index 1.3440
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS08
GHS Hazard statements H331-H302-H372-H314-H318-H226
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P280-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P310
Risk Statements 10-22-23-35-48/23
Safety Statements 23-26-36/37/39-45
Storage Warning Moisture Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 8
UN Number UN2604
Packing Group I

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Lewis acid catalyst in a wide variety of applications, for example:
  • Has also been used in conjunction with BMS in the reduction of amides: J. Org. Chem., 47, 3153 (1982).
  • For use in the cleavage of ethers, see Tetra-n-butylammonium iodide, A15484.
  • For analogous 1,4-addition to p-benzoquinones, see 2,3-Dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, B24777.
  • Mild dehydration of tertiary alcohols to alkenes: Tetrahedron Lett., 32, 6489 (1991). In the Diels-Alder reaction: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 99, 8116 (1977). In THP protection of alcohols: Synthesis, 81, (1972).
  • Reaction with Sodium borohydride, 35788, can be used for the in situ generation of diborane. For use in the hydroboration of ɑ-pinene, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 943 (1988).
  • Catalyst for rearrangement of epoxides to carbonyl compounds, e.g. stilbene oxide to diphenylacetaldehyde and ring-contraction of isophorone oxide: Org. Synth. Coll., 4, 375 and 957 (1963), respectively.
  • Reaction with ortho esters gives high yields of crystalline dialkoxycarbenium salts, useful as powerful and selective alkylating agents, (compare Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate, A14420 and Trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate, A15175): Synth. Commun., 19, 2307 (1989).
  • Catalyst for the reaction of allyltin reagents with aldehydes and ketones. Addition to the carbonyl group proceeds with allylic rearrangement: Chem. Lett., 919, 977 (1979); Acc. Chem. Res., 20, 243 (1987):