Metal-free reduction of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride, formation of SF5 containing ion pairs and the application in fluorinations

Rueping, Magnus; Nikolaienko, Pavlo; Lebedev, Yury; Adams, Alina

Metal-free reduction of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride, formation of SF5 containing ion pairs and the application in fluorinations

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Article

Authors

Rueping, Magnus

Nikolaienko, Pavlo
Lebedev, Yury

Adams, Alina

KAUST Department

Chemical Science Program
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date

2017

Abstract

A protocol for the fast and selective two-electron reduction of the potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) by organic electron donors at ambient temperature has been developed. The reaction yields solid ion pairs consisting of donor dications and SF5-anions which can be effectively used in fluorination reactions.

Citation

Rueping M, Nikolaienko P, Lebedev Y, Adams A (2017) Metal-free reduction of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride, formation of SF5 containing ion pairs and the application in fluorinations. Green Chemistry 19: 2571–2575. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7gc00877e.

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr Christoph Rauber for low temperature 19F-NMR spectra measurements. We would also like to thank Professor A. C. Filippou and Dr J. Tirree for the opportunity to record solid state IR spectra under an inert atmosphere.