Silver tetrafluoroborate
ALDRICH/208361 - 98%
Synonym: Silver borofluoride
CAS Number: 14104-20-2
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): AgBF4
Molecular Weight: 194.67
EC Number: 237-956-5
MDL Number: MFCD00003408
Linear Formula: AgBF4
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 98% |
| InChI | 1S/Ag.BF4/c;2-1(3,4)5/q+1 |
| InChI key | CCAVYRRHZLAMDJ-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 70-73 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: silver |
| reagent type: catalyst | |
| SMILES string | [Ag+].F[B-](F)(F)F |
| Application: | Gold Catalysts — 21st Century ′Gold Rush′ ![]() |
| Application: | Displaces chloride from precious metal complexes used in the oxidation of alcohols by persulfate. |
| Application: | Provides a silver-ion template for improved macrolatamization of a linear dipeptide. |
| General description: | Silver tetrafluoroborate (AgBF4) is used as a Lewis acid in organic synthesis. It is known to have a high affinity towards organic halides. It is employed in organic reactions like activation of acyl chlorides, nucleophilic substitution, rearrangement, cycloaddition, cyclization, ring expansion and oxidation. |
| Packaging: | 1 g in amber poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 10 g in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 50 g in amber poly bottle |
| Symbol | GHS05 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H314 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P280 - P301 + P330 + P331 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 34 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 3260 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 98% |
| mp | 70-73 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12161600 |


