Synthesis and molecular structure of a perfluorinated pyridyl carbanion
(2012)
Journal Article
Colgin, N., Tatum, N., Pohl, E., Cobb, S., & Sandford, G. (2012). Synthesis and molecular structure of a perfluorinated pyridyl carbanion. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 133, 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2011.09.013
Reaction of pentafluoropyridine with sodium nitromethanide allowed the isolation and characterisation of the first perfluorinated pyridyl carbanion system, sodium nitrobis(perfluoropyridin-4-yl)methanide, by X-ray crystallography.