Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Frank Michael Prozonic

William Jack Casteel, Jr

Robert George Syvret

Wade Hampton Bailey, Iii

Reno Pesaresi

James Joseph Hart

Andrew Joseph Woytek

A process is described for the synthesis of an aryl sulfur pentafluoride compound. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a process for preparing an aryl sulfurpentafluoride compound comprising: combining an at least one aryl sulfur compound with a fluorinating agent to at least partially react and form an intermediate aryl sulfurtrifluoride product; and exposing the intermediate aryl sulfurtrifluoride product to the fluorinating agent and optionally a fluoride source to at least partially react and form the aryl sulfurpentafluoride compound.

Process for the synthesis of aryl sulfurpentafluorides

An economical means of safely &ldquo;containing&rdquo; or &ldquo;packaging&rdquo; commercial electrophilic fluorination agents whereby these agents are readily stored and transported in a package, typically without loss of &ldquo;F &rdquo; activity, and in a form which is readily and directly useable, i.e., in solution or a slurry. Importantly, the solution/slurry medium provides a tremendous safety margin for storage and transportation since the solution medium has an enormous ability to absorb heat (due to the latent heat of vaporization of the liquid) relative to the contained active fluorination agent.

Package for safe storage of electrophilic fluorinating agent

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Frank Michael Prozonic