Lewis acid catalyst for electrophilic halogenation of alkenes, can also promote rearrangements of 3-bromoflavanones to isoflavanones, ask for references
Packaging 1, 5, 25 g in amber poly Application Generates stable cation radical salts1,2 and is used as an acidic catalyst in epoxide opening reactions3 and sulfenylation reactions.4 Used to prepare silver 3,3′-dicyanodiphenylacetylene coordination networks for study of the effect of ligands on network structure toward the goal of engineering novel materials.5
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• Promotes rearrangement of 3-bromoflavanones to isoflavones: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 151 (1976); and remote hydroxylation of ɑ-bromo keto steroids: J. Org. Chem., 47, 4268 (1982).
• Lewis acid catalyst. Catalyst for electrophilic halogenation of alkanes: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 95, 7680, 7686 (1973). See also Antimony(V) fluoride, 33484.