Preparation
Preparative Methods of N-Ethylacetonitrilium Tetrafluoroborate: this salt can be prepared by N-alkylation of Acetonitrile with Triethyloxonium
Tetrafluoroborate (eq 1),
[2] or by C-alkylation of isocyanides.
[1] The treatment of O,O,O-triethyl phosphorothioate
with equimolar amounts of Nitrosonium Tetrafluoroborate in anhydrous acetonitrile gave the Nethylacetonitrilium ion in moderate yield (eq 2).
[3]
References
1. Ho, T.-L. S 1975, 401.
2. Meerwein, H.; Laasch, P.; Mersch, R.; Spille, J. CB 1956, 89, 209.
3. Blankespoor, R. L.; Doyle, M. P.; Smith, D. J.; Van Dyke, D. A.; Waldyke, M. J. JOC 1983, 48, 1176.
