Caesium Fluoride (CsF) Sputtering Targets

Caesium fluoride or cesium fluoride is an inorganic compound usually encountered as a hygroscopic white solid. It is used in organic synthesis as a source of the fluoride anion. Caesium has the lowest electronegativity of all non-radioactive elements and fluorine has the highest electronegativity of all elements. It therefore has the strongest ionic compound bond discovered to be non-radioactive.

Applications in organic synthesis

Being highly dissociated it is a more reactive source of fluoride than related salts. CsF is less hygroscopic alternative to tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride (TBAF) and TAS-fluoride (TASF) when anhydrous “naked” fluoride ion is needed.

As a base

As with other soluble fluorides, CsF is moderately basic, because HF is a weak acid. The low nucleophilicity of fluoride means it can be a useful base in organic chemistry. CsF gives higher yields in Knoevenagel condensation reactions than KF or NaF.

Formation of Cs-F bonds

Caesium fluoride is also a popular source of fluoride in organofluorine chemistry. For example, CsF reacts with hexafluoroacetone to form a caesium perfluoroalkoxide salt, which is stable up to 60 °C, unlike the corresponding sodium or potassium salt. It will convert electron-deficient aryl chlorides to aryl fluorides (halex reaction).

Deprotection agent

Due to the strength of the Si–F bond, fluoride ion is useful for desilylation reactions (removal of Si groups) in organic chemistry; caesium fluoride is an excellent source of anhydrous fluoride for such reactions. Removal of silicon groups (desilylation) is a major application for CsF in the laboratory, as its anhydrous nature allows clean formation of water-sensitive intermediates. Solutions of caesium fluoride in THF or DMF attack a wide variety of organosilicon compounds to produce an organosilicon fluoride and a carbanion, which can then react with electrophiles

Other uses

Single crystals of the salt are transparent into the deep infrared. For this reason it is sometimes used as the windows of cells used for infrared spectroscopy.

Available Products

Cesium Fluoride (CsF) Plate Targets, Cesium Fluoride (CsF) Round Targets, Cesium Fluoride (CsF) Evaporation Materials
Cesium Fluoride (CsF) Round Targets: Diameter <14inch, Thickness >3mm
Cesium Fluoride (CsF) Plate Targets: Length <32inch, Width <12inch, Thickness >3mm
Cesium Fluoride (CsF) Evaporation Materials: 1-3mm pellets, 3-8mm pellets

Purity:99.9% ~ 99.99%
Part No:AEMST-CsF