• Silver salt soluble in many organic solvents; useful, e.g. in promotion of the leaving ability of halogens. Promotes the conversion of ɑ-bromo aldehydes and ketones to their ɑ-fluoro equivalents: Tetrahedron Lett., 3357 (1979).
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Mediates the oxidative coupling of silylated cyclopropanols to 1,6-diones: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 105, 7192 (1983):
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In the presence of AgBF4, acetals of phenacyl halides undergo rearrangement to esters of arylacetic acids: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2575 (1982); compare Silver nitrate, 11414.• For use in the preparation of stable, non-hygroscopic, crystalline acylammonium salts, see: J. Org. Chem., 57, 5136 (1992).
Corrosive (C)
Harmful (X)