Patent ID: 9452959
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B01J,C07C,C07F

Claim Text:
1. A reaction mixture for fluorinating an aryl compound having a leaving group, said reaction mixture comprising: (i) said aryl compound that is optionally substituted at one or more positions with one or more substituents other than said leaving group, such that said one or more substituents are not joined to form a nitrogen-containing macrocycle with three amine moieties; (ii) a fluoride ion source; and (iii) a metal ion source having the formula wherein M is the metal ion selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Co, Cu and Ag; L is an organic ligand; X is an anion; m is 1, 2 or 3; and n, s, t and q are independently 1, 2 or 3, such that (s×n)=(t×q), wherein the molar ratio of the metal ion source to fluoride ion source is 1 or more.