@article{DrischBischoffSprengeretal.2020, author = {Drisch, Michael and Bischoff, Lisa A. and Sprenger, Jan A. P. and Hennig, Philipp T. and Wirthensohn, Raphael and Landmann, Johannes and Konieczka, Szymon Z. and Hailmann, Michael and Ignat'ev, Nikolai V. and Finze, Maik}, title = {Innovative Syntheses of Cyano(fluoro)borates: Catalytic Cyanation, Electrochemical and Electrophilic Fluorination}, series = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, volume = {26}, journal = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, number = {50}, doi = {10.1002/chem.202002324}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-216027}, pages = {11625 -- 11633}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Different types of high-yield, easily scalable syntheses for cyano(fluoro)borates Kt[BF\(_{n}\)(CN)\(_{4-n}\)] (n=0-2) (Kt=cation), which are versatile building blocks for materials applications and chemical synthesis, have been developed. Tetrafluoroborates react with trimethylsilyl cyanide in the presence of metal-free Br{\o}nsted or Lewis acid catalysts under unprecedentedly mild conditions to give tricyanofluoroborates or tetracyanoborates. Analogously, pentafluoroethyltrifluoroborates are converted into pentafluoroethyltricyanoborates. Boron trifluoride etherate, alkali metal salts, and trimethylsilyl cyanide selectively yield dicyanodifluoroborates or tricyanofluoroborates. Fluorination of cyanohydridoborates is the third reaction type that includes direct fluorination with, for example, elemental fluorine, stepwise halogenation/fluorination reactions, and electrochemical fluorination (ECF) according to the Simons process. In addition, fluorination of [BH(CN)\(_{2}\){OC(O)Et}]\(^{-}\) to result in [BF(CN)\(_{2}\){OC(O)Et}]\(^{-}\) is described.}, language = {en} }