Tetraphenylborate Explained

Tetraphenylborate (IUPAC name: tetraphenylboranuide) is an organoboron anion consisting of a central boron atom with four phenyl groups. Salts of tetraphenylborate uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.^[1]

See also

• Sodium tetraphenylborate
• Potassium tetraphenylborate
• Triphenylborane
• BARF and other fluorinated derivatives are used as non-coordinating anions.

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/0003-9861(67)90226-3. Utsumi, Kozo . Packer, Lester . Uncoupling of energy transfer reactions in mitochondria by tetraphenylboron . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 1967 . 122 . 2. 509–15. 4229179.