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bind to strongly electrophilic metal centers of the type use in some catalytic reactions. Tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate anions are coordinating toward highly electrophilic metal ions, such as cations containing Zr(IV) centers, which can abstract
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and colloquially called "BARF". This anion is far less coordinating than tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, and perchlorate, and consequently has enabled the study of still more electrophilic cations. Related tetrahedral anions include
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Honeychuck, R. V.; Hersh, W. H. (1989). "Coordination of "Noncoordinating" Anions: Synthesis, Characterization, and X-ray
Crystal Structures of Fluorine-Bridged , , and Adducts of . An Unconventional Order of Anion Donor Strength".
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469:. Using this anion, the first example of a three-coordinate silicon compound, the salt contains a non-coordinating anion derived from a carborane.
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Structure of the weakly coordinating anion , illustrating its high symmetry. Color code: green = F, red = O, blue = Al.
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Kim, K.-C.; Reed, C. A.; Elliott, D. W.; Mueller, L. J.; Tham, F.; Lin, L.; Lambert, J. B. (2002).
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