Issue 58, 2021

Complete deconstruction of SF6 by an aluminium(i) compound

Abstract

The room-temperature activation of SF6, a potent greenhouse gas, is reported using a monovalent aluminium(I) reagent to form well-defined aluminium(III) fluoride and aluminium(III) sulfide products. New reactions have been developed to utilise the aluminium(III) fluoride and aluminium(III) sulfide as a nucleophilic source of F and S2− for a range of electrophiles. The overall reaction sequence results in the net transfer of fluorine or sulfur atoms from an environmentally detrimental gas to useful organic products.

Graphical abstract: Complete deconstruction of SF6 by an aluminium(i) compound

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 May 2021
Accepted
16 Jun 2021
First published
16 Jun 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 7096-7099

Complete deconstruction of SF6 by an aluminium(I) compound

D. J. Sheldon and M. R. Crimmin, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 7096 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02838C

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