Shaoying Ju, Chi Zhang, Beili Tang, Liu Leo Liu, Douglas W. Stephan and Yile Wu
Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 698-701
DOI:
10.1039/D3CC05440C,
Communication
The aluminium salt [(NHC)Al(tol)(C6F5)2][B(C6F5)4], (NHC = C3H2(N(iPr2C6H3))2) is shown to behave as a Lewis superacid as it abstracts fluoride from [SbF6]−. It also acts as a Lewis acid catalyst for hydrosilyation, hydrodefluorination and Friedel–Crafts reactions.