Isolating fluorinated carbocations
- PMID: 17347720
- DOI: 10.1039/b617606b
Isolating fluorinated carbocations
Abstract
Using carboranes as counterions, fluorinated benzyl-type carbocations such as (p-FC(6)H(4))(2)CF(+), (p-FC(6)H(4))(CH(3))CF(+) and fluorinated trityl ions are readily isolated for X-ray and IR structural characterization.

