• Acyl halides are converted to acyl triflates, powerful acylating reagents, which can bring about Friedel-Crafts-type acylation without added Lewis acid catalyst: Chem. Ber., 116, 1195 (1983).
• Reaction with chlorosilanes gives silyl triflates, powerful silylating reagents, and, likewise trialkyltin halides are converted to the corresponding triflates: Chem. Ber., 103, 868 (1970).
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For use as a catalyst for the oxy-Cope rearrangement of allyl alkynyl carbinols, where other silver salts are ineffective, see: Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 2873 (1984):
• Silver salt soluble in ether, fairly soluble in benzene and toluene, less soluble in acetonitrile and insoluble in chloroform and dichloromethane; useful, e.g. in promotion of the leaving ability of halogens. For use in the conversion of alkyl halides to triflates, see: J. Chem. Soc., 173 (1956); J. Am. Chem. Soc., 90, 1598 (1968); Tetrahedron Lett., 3159 (1970); J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2887 (1980). Review: Synthesis, 85 (1982).
Irritant (Xi)
Nature polluting (N)
Corrosive (C)
