Elsevier, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2(92), p. 123-125
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1139(98)00273-5
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Tetramethylammonium fluoride reacts with either triluoromethyltrimethylsilane or trimethylsilylacetonitrile in acetonitrile to form a pentacoordinate silicon species, which can act as a source of either fluoride or cyanomethyl carbanion, depending on substrate.