Silver tetrafluoroborate weakly coordinating tetrafluoroborate anions. The abstraction of the halide is driven by the precipitation of the appropriate silver halide. Silver tetrafluoroborate Silver tetrafluoroborate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula AgBF. It is a white solid that dissolves in polar organic solvents as well as water. In its solid state, the Ag centers are bound to fluoride. Silver tetrafluoroborate is prepared by the reaction between boron trifluoride and silver oxide in the presence of benzene. In the inorganic and organometallic chemistry laboratory, silver tetrafluoroborate, sometimes referred to "silver BF-4", is a useful reagent. In dichloromethane, silver tetrafluoroborate is a
Symbol (chemistry) Symbol (chemistry) In relation to the chemical elements, a symbol is a code for a chemical element. Many functional groups have their own chemical symbol, e.g. Ph for the phenyl group, and Me for the methyl group. Chemical symbols for elements normally consist of one or two letters from the Latin alphabet, but can contain three when the element has a systematic temporary name (as of March 2017, no discovered elements have such a name), and are written with the first letter capitalized. Earlier chemical element symbols stem from classical Latin and Greek vocabulary. For some elements, this is because