Applications
This extraordinarily strong acid protonates nearly all organic compounds. In 1967, Bickel and Hogeveen showed that HF-SbF5 will remove H2 from isobutane and methane from neopentane:
- (CH3)3CH + H+ → (CH3)3C+ + H2
- (CH3)4C + H+ → (CH3)3C+ + CH4
In terms of materials compatible with fluoroantimonic acid, solvents that are SO2ClF, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons have also been used as solvents. Containers for HF-SbF5 are made of PTFE.
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