Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate commonly called scandium triflate is a chemical compound with formula Sc(SO3CF3)3 a salt consisting of scandium cations Sc3+ and triflate SO3CF3− anions.Scandium triflate is used as a reagent in organic chemistry as a Lewis acid. Compared to other Lewis acids this reagent is stable towards water and can often be used in an organic reaction as a true catalyst rather than one used in stoichiometric amounts.
