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Bobbitt's salt is an oxoammonium compound derived from 4-acetamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine. It contains the 
tetrafluoroborate
Tetrafluoroborate is the anion . This tetrahedral species is isoelectronic with tetrafluoroberyllate (), tetrafluoromethane (CF4), and tetrafluoroammonium () and is valence isoelectronic with many stable and important species including the perc ...
anion and is named after the American chemist James M. Bobbitt.
As a less expensive analogue of the ''N''-oxoammonium salt derived from TEMPO
In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given musical composition, composition, and is often also an indication of the composition ...
, Bobbitt's salt is still mainly used as a catalyst for oxoammonium-catalyzed oxidations.
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*{{Commonscatinline, Bobbitt's salt Tetrafluoroborates Acetamides Oxycations