Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Weakly Coordinating Anions Based on tris-Perfluoro-tert-Butoxyborane

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 974 - 983
• Main Authors: LeBlanc, Francis A, Decken, Andreas, Cameron, T. Stanley, Passmore, Jack, Rautiainen, J. Mikko, Whidden, Thomas K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.01.2017

A convenient method for the preparation of strongly Lewis acidic tris-perfluoro-tert-butoxyborane B­(ORF)3 (1), (ORF = OC­(CF3)3) was developed, and its X-ray structure was determined. 1 was used as a precursor, guided by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and volume-based thermodynamics,...