
Nonaflate
    
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        Nonaflate, CF3CF2CF2CF2SO3– is the common name given to nonafluorobutanesulfonates, the salts or esters of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid
. Its uses are similar to those of triflate
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Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid  is a chemical compound with a four carbon fluorocarbon chain and a sulfonic acid functional group. As an anion it functions as a stable fluorosurfactant because of the strength of carbon–fluorine bonds....
. Its uses are similar to those of triflate
Triflate
Trifluoromethanesulfonate, also known by the trivial name triflate, is a functional group with the formula CF3SO3-. The triflate group is often represented by -OTf, as opposed to -Tf...
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