Substance

ID:714067

Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid

Names and Identifiers
IUPAC name
trifluoromethanesulfonic acid
Synonyms
Triflic acidTrifluoromethanesulfonic acid三氟甲烷磺酸
IUPAC Traditional name
trifluoromethanesulfonic acid
Registration numbers
CAS Number
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EC Number
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Merck Index
Properties
Safety Information
GHS Pictograms
GHS05
Corrosive to metals, category 1
Skin corrosion, categories 1A,1B,1C
Serious eye damage, category 1
GHS06
Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), categories 1,2,3
RTECS
PB2771000
GHS Precautionary statements
P260-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P301+P330+P331-P405-P501A
TSCA Listed
UN Number
UN3265
Safety Statements
26-36/37/39-45
Storage Warning
Hygroscopic
GHS Hazard statements
H331-H302-H314-H318
Risk Statements
20/22-35
Hazard Class
8
European Hazard Symbols
Harmful Harmful (X)
Corrosive Corrosive (C)
Packing Group
II
Physical Property
Density
1.708
Flash Point
None
Refractive Index
1.3270
Boiling Point
161-162°C
Melting Point
-40°C
Product Information
Purity
98+%
Molecule Details
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Molecular Spectra
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References
• Simple triflic esters, readily prepared by reaction with alcohols, are powerful alkylating agents and must be handled with extreme care because of their irritating effect on the lungs. For a review, see: Synthesis, 85 (1982).
• One of the strongest available monoprotic acids. For a review of the chemistry of triflic acid and its derivatives, see: Chem. Rev., 77, 69 (1977).
• For use in direct electrophilic amination of arenes, see Trimethylsilyl azide, L00173. Effects direct oxy-functionalization of aromatics in combination with bis(TMS) peroxide: J. Org. Chem., 54, 1204 (1989); or sodium perborate: Synlett, 39 (1991).
• Adds to both internal and terminal alkynes to give vinyl triflates: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 91, 4600 (1969); Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 472 (1998). Reaction in the presence of a nitrile provides a route to sterically hindered 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyrimidines: Synthesis, 881 (1990):