• Aliphatic and aromatic sulfonic acids are reduced to thiols in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride, followed by hydrolysis of the resulting trifluoroacetates: Tetrahedron Lett., 21, 1235 (1980).
• Useful source of I- for nucleophilic displacements, e.g. in the formation of neopentyl iodides from the triflates: J. Org. Chem., 45, 4387 (1980).
• Catalyst for the high-yield methylation of alcohols with dimethyl sulfate: Angew. Chem., 85, 868; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 12, 846 (1973), or the benzylation of alcohols with benzyl bromide in organic solvents: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 34 (1993); 9, 52 (1998).
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In combination with Boron trifluoride diethyl etherate, A15275, has been used in a mild, versatile cleavage of ethers: Synthesis, 274 (1985).