Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate

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Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate
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Names
IUPAC name
nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate
Other names
nitrosyl tetrafluoroborate
Identifiers
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Properties
BF4NO
Molar mass 116.81 g·mol−1
Appearancecolourless crystalline solid
Density 2.185 g cm−3
Melting point 250 °C (482 °F; 523 K) (sublimes)
decomposes
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Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate, also called nitrosyl tetrafluoroborate, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NOBF4. This colourless solid is used in organic synthesis as a nitrosating agent, diazotizing agent and a mild oxidant. [1]

NOBF4 is the nitrosonium salt of fluoroboric acid, and is composed of a nitrosonium cation, [NO]+, and a tetrafluoroborate anion, [BF4]−. [2]

Reactions

The dominant property of NOBF4 is the oxidizing power and electrophilic character of the nitrosonium cation. It forms colored charge transfer complexes with hexamethylbenzene and with 18-crown-6. The latter, a deep yellow species, provides a means to dissolve NOBF4 in dichloromethane. [3]

Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate may be used to prepare metal salts of the type [MII(CH3CN)x][BF4]2 (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu). The nitrosonium cation acts as the oxidizer, itself being reduced to nitric oxide gas: [4]

M + 2NOBF4 + xCH3CN → [M(CH3CN)x](BF4)2 + 2NO

With ferrocene the ferrocenium tetrafluoroborate is formed. [5]

In its infrared spectrum of this salt, νNO is a strong peak at 2387 cm−1. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Olah, George A.; Surya Prakash, G. K.; Wang, Qi; Li, Xing-ya; Surya Prakash, G. K.; Hu, Jinbo (2004-10-15), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (ed.), "Nitrosonium Tetrafluoroborate" , Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, doi:10.1002/047084289x.rn058.pub2, ISBN   978-0-471-93623-7 , retrieved 2024-11-27
  2. ↑ Lozinšek, Matic (2021-11-28). "Nitrosonium tetrafluoridoborate, NOBF4". IUCrData. 6 (11). doi:10.1107/S2414314621012153. ISSN   2414-3146. PMC   9462292 . PMID   36337464.
  3. ↑ Lee, K. Y.; Kuchynka, D. J.; Kochi, Jay K. (1990). "Redox equilibria of the nitrosonium cation and of its nonbonded complexes". Inorganic Chemistry. 29 (21): 4196–4204. doi:10.1021/ic00346a008.
  4. ↑ Heintz, Robert A.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Szalay, Paul S.; Weisgerber, Amy; Dunbar, Kim R. (August 2004). "11. Homoleptic Transition Metal Acetonitrile Cations with Tetrafluoroborate or Trifluoromethanesulfonate Anions". Inorg. Synth. 33: 75–83. doi:10.1002/0471224502.ch2. ISBN   978-0-471-46075-6.
  5. ↑ Roger M. Nielson; George E. McManis; Lance K. Safford; Michael J. Weaver (1989). "Solvent and electrolyte effects on the kinetics of ferrocenium-ferrocene self-exchange. A reevaluation". J. Phys. Chem. 93 (5): 2152. doi:10.1021/j100342a086.
  6. ↑ Sharp, D. W. A.; Thorley, J. (1963). "670. The Infrared Spectrum of the Nitrosonium Ion". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 3557. doi:10.1039/JR9630003557.


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