Soluble Fluoridobromates as Well-Behaved Strong Fluorination Reagents

Abstract

We present a facile synthesis of the soluble fluoridobromates [NEt3Me][BrF4] and [NEt3Me][Br2F7] via fluorination of the corresponding bromide salts in acetonitrile, propionitrile or bromine. We structurally characterized the [BrF2]– anion, an intermediate during the synthesis, for the first time. Additionally, the dissolution of noble metals to form the corresponding halometallates as well as the application of [NEt3Me][BrF4] as a fluorination agent for disulfides to form pentafluorosulfanyls was studied.