FLUORIDE ANIONS

For example, this is tire dominant long-range interaction between a neon atom and a fluoride anion F. ... 

Monosubstitution of acetylene itself is not easy. Therefore, trimethylsilyl-acetylene (297)[ 202-206] is used as a protected acetylene. The coupling reaction of trimethylsilylacetylene (297) proceeds most efficiently in piperidine as a solvent[207]. After the coupling, the silyl group is removed by treatment with fluoride anion. Hexabromobenzene undergoes complete hexasubstitution with trimethylsilylacetylene to form hexaethynylbenzene (298) after desilylation in total yield of 28% for the six reactions[208,209]. The product was converted into tris(benzocyclobutadieno)benzene (299). Similarly, hexabutadiynylben-zene was prepared[210j. 

A trialkylsilyl group can be introduced into aryl or alkenyl groups using hexaalkyidisilanes. The Si—Si bond is cleaved with a Pd catalyst, and trans-metallation and reductive elimination afford the silylated products. In this way, 1,2-bis-silylethylene 761 is prepared from 1,2-dichloroethylene (760)[625,626], The facile reaction of (Me3Si)2 to give 762 proceeds at room temperature in the presence of fluoride anion[627]. Alkenyl- and arylsilanes are prepared by the reaction of (Me3Si)3Al (763)[628],... 

Silyl enol ethers are other ketone or aldehyde enolate equivalents and react with allyl carbonate to give allyl ketones or aldehydes 13,300. The transme-tallation of the 7r-allylpalladium methoxide, formed from allyl alkyl carbonate, with the silyl enol ether 464 forms the palladium enolate 465, which undergoes reductive elimination to afford the allyl ketone or aldehyde 466. For this reaction, neither fluoride anion nor a Lewis acid is necessary for the activation of silyl enol ethers. The reaction also proceed.s with metallic Pd supported on silica by a special method[301j. The ketene silyl acetal 467 derived from esters or lactones also reacts with allyl carbonates, affording allylated esters or lactones by using dppe as a ligand[302]... 

Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, also known as triflic acid [1493-13-6] is widely used ia organic syntheses and has been thoroughly reviewed (93,94). It was first prepared ia 1954 via the oxidation of bis(trifluoromethylthio)mercury with hydrogen peroxide [7722-84-1] (95). Several other routes of preparation have been disclosed (96—98). The acid exhibits excellent thermal and hydrolytic stabiUty, it is not readily oxidized or reduced, nor is it prone to fluoride anion generation. 

Better yields are attributed to intimate association of the basic nitrile group at the surface of the mtrosomum salt causing nitrosative decomposition of the azide to occur in close proximity to the weakly nucleophilic complex fluoride anion Fluorination yields can be further enhanced to 59-81% by lengthening the azido nitrile chain, but the reaction is accompanied by pronounced secondary fluoronitnle formation arising from rearrangement [100, 101] (Table 8)... 

The ternary carbamon generated by the addition of fluoride anion to peifluoroi-sobutylene reacts with dibromodifluoromethane to give perfluoroneopentyl bromide... 

The fluoride anion has a pronounced catalytic effect on the aldol reaction between enol silyl ethers and carbonyl compounds [13] This reacbon proceeds at low temperature under the influence of catalytic amounts (5-10 mol %) of tetra-butylammonium fluoride, giving the aldol silyl ethers in high yields (equation 11). 

Alkyl fluorides can be prepared by the Finkelstein reaction. The fluoride anion is a bad leaving group the reverse reaction thus does not take place easily, and the equilibrium lies far to the right. As reagents potassium fluoride, silver fluoride or gaseous hydrogen fluoride may be used. 

Perfluoroalkyl carbanions, generated by reversible nucleophilic addition of a fluoride anion to fluoroalkenes, react with dry benzenediazonium chloride in dimethyl formamide, giving phenylazoperfluoroalkanes in 41-53% yield (Dyatkin et al., 1972). The dianion obtained from 1,2-dinitrobenzene with dipotassium cyclo-octatetraenide reacts in a complex way with arenediazonium salts, forming 4-aryl-azo-2-nitrophenol in 46-58% yield (Todres et al., 1988). 

Terminal alkynes can be converted readily into alkynylsilanes by reaction of the corresponding alkyne anion or its metalloid equivalent with a suitable chlorosilane (/). The reverse reaction, that of liberation of the alkyne, is quite facile, being effected by several reagent combinations, including hydroxide ion, methanolysis, fluoride anion, silver(i) followed by cyanide anion, and methyl lithium-lithium bromide (2). 

A similar elimination in which the tin is attacked by fluoride anions (cf. the reaction of silanes with F ) has been used179 to synthesize terminal methylene compounds as in equation (75). An analogous reaction sequence using a trimethylsilyl group in place of the trialkyltin group has been published by Hsiao and Shechter180 as part of a synthesis of substituted 1,3-butadienes. 

Other salts, especially fluoride salts, (e.g., KF) can be used to perform nucleophilic substitution. As is well known, halides, and particularly the fluoride anions, are rather powerful Lewis bases and can exert a catalytic effect on aromatic nucleophilic substitutions in dipolar aprotic solvents. Phenols can be alkylated in the presence of KF (or CsF) absorbed on Celite64,65 or Et4NF.66 Taking advantage of this reaction, halophenols and dihalides with bisphenols have been successfully polymerized in sulfolane at 220-280°C by using KF as the base. 

A proposed mechanism for silyl ether displacement is shown in Scheme 6.14. In the first step, the fluoride anion converts the trimethyl siloxy group into a phe-nolate salt. In the following step, the phenolate anion attacks the activated fluoro monomer to generate an ether bond. The amount of catalyst required is about 0.1-0.3 mol%. Catalyst type and concentration are crucial for this reaction. 

Phenyltrimethoxysilane 75 is activated by fluoride anion to 76, which undergoes palladium-catalyzed couphng with 4-methyliodobenzene 77 to give a nearly quantitative yield of 4-methyldiphenyl 78 [90]. Such Heck-, Stille-, or Suzuki-type C-C coupling of arylsilanes such as 75 were recently reviewed [91] (Scheme 2.12). 

Energy is released when an electron is added to a fluorine atom to form a fluoride anion. In other words, a fluoride anion is more stable than a fluorine atom plus a free electron. Another way of saying this is that fluorine atoms have an affinity for electrons. 

Halogens, the elements in Group 17 of the periodic table, have the largest electron affinities of all the elements, so halogen atoms (a n readily accept electrons to produce halide anions (a a. This allows halogens to react with many metals to form binary compounds, called halides, which contain metal cations and halide anions. Examples include NaCl (chloride anion), Cap2 (fluoride anion), AgBr (bromide anion), and KI (iodide anion). 

Minerals often contain more than one cation or anion. For example, apatite, Caj ( 04)3 F, contains both phosphate and fluoride anions. Beryl, Bc3 AI2 Sig Oig, contains beryllium and aluminum cations as well as the Sig Oig polyatomic anion. An even more complicated example is gamierite, (Ni,Mg)e Si4 0io(OH)2,... 

Fluoride anions 8 complete anions with the face - centered cube = 8 F" anions... 

Sometimes the net chemical reaction is provided, but in other cases we have to examine the species present and determine what reactions can occur among them. The statement of the problem indicates that fluoride anions are present in solution when LiF dissolves In water. To maintain electrical neutrality, Li ions must also be present in equal number. Here is the net reaction LiF (5 ) Li (a g) + F (g g)... 

An aqueous solution of a soluble salt contains cations and anions. These ions often have acid-base properties. Anions that are conjugate bases of weak acids make a solution basic. For example, sodium fluoride dissolves in water to give Na, F, and H2 O as major species. The fluoride anion is the conjugate base of the weak acid HF. This anion establishes a proton transfer equilibrium with water ... 

Phosphonium fluorides have been used in olefin synthesis without additional base, the fluoride anion being sufficiently strong a base to remove the ct-proton from the salts (2 R = Ar or COR ) in acetonitrile. 

The C-C bond forming reaction of an organic halide with an organosilane, catalysed by nickel or palladium, is known as the Hiyama cross-coupling. Typically the C-Si bond needs to be activated by either electronegative substituents or by external fluoride anions. 

Oxidative addition of a silyl-protected 4-(bromomethyl)phenol precursor to (tme-da)Pd(II)Me2 (tmeda = tetramethylethylenediamine), followed by ethane reductive elimination, resulted in formation of the benzylic complex 16 (Scheme 3.10). Exchange of tmeda for a diphosphine ligand (which is better suited for stabilizing the ultimate Pd(0) QM complex), followed by removal of the protecting silyl group with fluoride anion, resulted in the expected p-QM Pd(0) complex, 17, via intermediacy of the zwitterionic Pd(II) benzyl complex. In this way a stable complex of p-BHT-QM, 17b, the very important metabolite of the widely used food antioxidant BHT20 (BHT = butylated hydroxytoluene) was prepared. Similarly, a Pd(0) complex of the elusive, simplest /)-QM, 17a, was obtained (Scheme 3.10). 

There were no smooth transitions, but really huge jumps. It should all have become crystal clear when the neighbor of fluorine, neon, was discovered. Let us consider this picture here is the aggressive fluorine that ravenously rips out an electron from the shell of just about any element to make itself comfortable as the fluoride anion. But add a proton and electron (as well as a neutron, as we now know), and the new element is so inert that even today no chemical compound of neon is known. A more obvious jump cannot be imagined. It is a pity that our chemical forefathers did not consider this aspect. After all, it was they who in their research of the Periodic Table brought... 

In the area of ion sensing, cation recognition by electrodes containing functionalized redox-active polymers has been an area of considerable interest. Fabre and co-workers have reported the development of a boronate-functionalized polypyrrole as a fluoride anion-responsive electroactive polymer film. The electropolymerizable polypyrrole precursor (11) (Fig. 11) was synthesized by the hydroboration reaction of l-(phenylsulfonyl)-3-vinylpyrrole with diisopinocampheylborane followed by treatment with pinacol and the deprotection of the pyrrole ring.33 The same methodology was utilized for the production of several electropolymerizable aromatic compounds (of pyrrole (12) (Fig. 11), thiophene (13 and 14) (Fig. 11), and aniline) bearing boronic acid and boronate substituents as precursors of fluoride- and/or chloride-responsive conjugated polymer.34... 

In sharp contrast to the above mentioned conversions of 73a, its reaction with 0-ethyl thiophosphate is nonstereoselective (90% inversion and 10% retention). Moreover, with a fluoride anion, complete loss of stereochemistry was observed [60], An efficient synthesis of diastereomerically pure vinyl phosphonates lOOa-e was... 

Al-containing ITQ-21 zeolite ((Si+Ge)/Al=25, Si/Ge=20) was synthesized using N(16)-methyl-sparteinium cation (MSPT+) as the organic structure-directing agent in combination with fluoride anions and germanium as described in [1], The composition of the final synthesis gel was ... 

The thiazolium-catalyzed addition of an aldehyde-derived acyl anion with a Michael acceptor (Stetter reaction) is a well-known synthetic tool leading to the synthesis of highly funtionalized products. Recent developments in this area include the direct nucleophilic addition of acyl anions to nitroalkenes using silyl-protected thiazolium carbinols <06JA4932>. In the presence of a fluoride anion, carbinol 186 is not cleaved to an aldehyde... 

A simple procedure for the synthesis of 4,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles 1247 involves stirring a mixture of nitroethene 1245 with trimethylsilyl azide and tetrabutylammonium fluoride at 30 °C for 3h. No solvent is needed. Triazoline 1246, which forms in the first step of the reaction, eliminates nitrous acid, and the trimethylsilyl group is cleaved off by the fluoride anion to afford triazole 1247. Various aryl and heteroaryl substituents R are used providing triazoles 1247 in 70-90% yield (Scheme 207) <2005JOC6526>. 

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