Generation of “Naked” Fluoride Ions in Unprecedentedly High Concentrations from a Fluoropalladium Complex

An F- /Cl- ligand exchange in the stable organopalladium fluoro complex 1 generates naked fluoride ions in unusually high concentrations. The released F- readily fluorinates dichloromethane under exceedingly mild conditions and deprotonates chloroform to produce dichlorocarbene.