(CF3)3B·NH3 (1) reacts with cesium hypochlorite or hypobromite to form the respective N,N-dichloroamino- or
N,N-dibromoamino-tris(trifluoromethyl)borates Cs[(CF3)3B−NCl2] (2) or Cs[(CF3)3B−NBr2] (3). Fluorination
of 2 or 3 in CH3CN yields Cs[(CF3)3B−NF2] (4) and Cs[(CF3)3B−F] (5). The fluorination reactions produce
numerous byproducts; one of these, Cs[(CF3)3B−NH−COCBr3] (6), has been isolated from the reaction of 3.
Compound 5 was also formed when 2 or 3 was treated with AgF2. Pyrolysis of 2 at 190 °C and 3 at 140 °C
yielded the haloborates Cs[(CF3)3B−Cl] (7) and Cs[(CF3)3B−Br] (8), respectively. The constitution of the novel
borates has been deduced from multinuclear NMR, IR, Raman, and mass spectra. The structures of 6, 7, 8, and
Cs[(CF3)3B−NH2×(CF3)3B−NH3] (1a) have been investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 1a: C6H5B2CsF18N2, monoclinic, C2/c, a = 22.802(5) Å, b = 7.0965(13) Å, c = 11.000(2) Å, β = 102.79(2)°, Z = 4, R1
= 0.0374, wR2 = 0.0945. 6: C5HBBr3CsF9NO, monoclinic, C2/c, a = 20.121(4) Å, b = 16.765(3) Å, c =
10.005(2) Å, β = 118.416(12)°, Z = 8, R1 = 0.0680, wR2 = 0.1766. 7: C3BClCsF9, cubic, P213, a = 9.8059(9)
Å, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0252, wR2 = 0.0639. 8: C3BBrCsF9, cubic, P213, a = 9.9001(14) Å, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0631,
wR2 = 0.1490.