“…Removal of CH 2 Cl 2 followed by extraction of B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 by washing with n-hexane yielded an offwhite solid AgC 6 F 5 (yield: 90%, T dec = 276°C). With pure AgC 6 F 5 in hand, we were able to study the solvation of AgC 6 F 5 in differently substituted arenes (arene = benzene (b), toluene (tol), ethylbenzene (eb), 1,2-dimethylbenzene (12dm), 1,3-dimethylbenzene (13dm), 1,4-dimethylbenzene (14dm), 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene (123tm), 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (124tm), 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (135tm), 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene (1235tem), 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene (1245tem), 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylbenzene (12345 pm).…”