Tetramethylammonium fluoride


Tetramethylammonium fluoride is the quaternary ammonium salt with the formula 4NF. This colorless solid is a source of “naked fluoride", that is fluoride ions not connected to a metal atom in a complex. Most other soluble salts of fluoride are in fact bifluorides, HF2. Tetramethylammonium fluoride is produced by combining tetramethylammonium hydroxide and hydrogen fluoride in isopropanol. Due to the high basicity of the fluoride anion, the salt reacts slowly with acetonitrile, inducing its dimerization to CH3C=CHCN, which co-crystallizes.

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