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Trifluoroacetic acid
SpectraBase Compound ID 4G3cv2HmDfG
InChI InChI=1S/C2HF3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h(H,6,7)
InChIKey DTQVDTLACAAQTR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 114.023 g/mol
Molecular Formula C2HF3O2
Exact Mass 113.992864 g/mol
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Technique Cell
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Technique Saturated with KBr, layer between KBr
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Technique NEAT
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Technique NEAT
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Technique NEAT
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Technique Neat
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Technique GC/MS
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Technique GC/MS
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Solvent Deuterium oxide; Reference=Dioxane Spectrometer= Varian CFT-20
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CD2Cl2 methylene chl
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Solvent C3D6O acetone-d6
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  • Perfluoroacetic acid
  • Trifluoroethanoic acid
  • TRIFLUORESSIGSAEURE
  • TRIFLUOROACETIC_ACID
  • TFAA;TRIFLUORACETIC-ACID
  • TRIFLUOROACETIC_ACID;TFA
  • Acetic acid, trifluoro-
  • Trifluoroacetic acid-d
  • PFCA-perfluoroalkyl-standards-Multiple_Y
  • 2,2,2-Trifluoroacetic acid
  • Trifluoroacetate
  • Trifluoracetic acid
  • Kyselina trifluoroctova
  • 2,2,2-tris(fluoranyl)ethanoic acid
  • CF3COOH
  • EINECS 200-929-3
  • NSC 77366
  • UN2699
  • BRN 0742035
  • AI3-28549
  • TFA
  • Perfluorocarboxylic acid-perfluoroalkyl
Title Journal or Book Year
A Novel Catalytic Pathway for Perfluoroacyl Peroxide Synthesis Organic Letters 2001
Toward a Clean Alternative to Friedel−Crafts Acylation:  In Situ Formation, Observation, and Reaction of an Acyl Bis(trifluoroacetyl)phosphate and Related Structures The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1998
Deuterium-isotopieeffekte auf die 13C-chemischen verschiebungen und kohlenstoff-deuterium kopplungskonstanten in deuterierten verbindungen Tetrahedron 1973
Chemische Verschiebungen in der kernmagnetischen Resonanz von17O in organischen Verbindungen Helvetica Chimica Acta 1961

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