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The Benzotrifluoride–Nitryl Fluoride–Boron Trifluoride Complex

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IN two earlier communications1 we have reported the isolation of the stable hydrogen fluoride–, deuterium fluoride–, alkyl fluoride– and formyl fluoride–boron trifluoride complexes of the methyl-benzenes. We have tried now by the same methods to investigate the complex formation during the reaction of nitryl fluoride with aromatics, catalysed by boron trifluoride.

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OLÁH, G., NOSZKÓ, L. & PAVLÁTH, A. The Benzotrifluoride–Nitryl Fluoride–Boron Trifluoride Complex. Nature 179, 146–147 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179146b0

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