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Fluorination of boron chlorides and boron bromides by reaction with bis(trifluoromethyl)mercury, trichlorofluoromethane, or tribromofluoromethane: Synthesis of BF2B5H8
Saulys,Castillo,Morrison
, p. 1619 - 1624 (2008/10/08)
The interaction of BCl3 with excess CFCl3 has been examined by 11B and 19F NMR. Although small amounts of BFCl2 and BF2Cl, 9% each, are observed after 283 h at 65°C, BF3 is not a major product. At 130°C, however, BF3 is formed in 89% yield after 33 h. Boron trifluoride is isolated in 98 and 97% yields from the reactions of BCl3 and BBr3, respectively, with CFBr3 at 130 °C. At ambient temperature, Hg(CF3)2 reacts with BCl3 and BBr3, generating BF3 in 99 and 98% yields, respectively. The reaction of B2Cl4 with excess CFCl3 was followed spectroscopically at 65, 90, and 130°C, and the 19F chemical shifts of the partially fluorinated diboron tetrahalides have been assigned. Diboron tetrafluoride was isolated from the reaction between B2Cl4 and CFBr3 in 89% yield, from B2Br4 and CFBr3 in 78% yield, and from B2Cl4 and Hg(CF3)2 in 89% yield. Within 45 min the reaction between 1-BCl2B5H8 and Hg(CF3)2 produces the new compound 1-BF2B5H8 in 96% yield. Tetraboron tetrachloride is by far the least reactive of the boron chlorides examined.
