TASF!!

[Anglette]

http://www.usarak.army.mil/alaskapost/Aug15Story13.asp

[allingeneral]

OK, well, I read it all..I even did a little surfing on the Alaska Outdoor Directory forums...and I still don't know what TASF stands for!

Nice to see folks doing good things for our soldiers. My hats off to them all.

[Anglette]

Take A soldier Fishing

[allingeneral]

ohhhhhh!!

I was thinking something about Alaska Saltwater Fishing heh

[Anglette]

Yeah, that's our outfit, we are dedicating every Tuesday afternoon to the soldiers in August who will be deployed next month.

[allingeneral]

Yeah, that's our outfit, we are dedicating every Tuesday afternoon to the soldiers in August who will be deployed next month.

Would you mind dropping by here and posting a couple of pictures of the outings?

Where are these guys stationed that's close enough for them to come by for a trip with you? I guess they're headed to Iraq, eh? Please pass on my well wishes to them or a generic "My friends on the internet send their thanks for the job you do".

[RACN35]

Sort of like our WWP program. Wounded Warrior Program remember.

But if you had fo asked me what it was for I woul dhave gave you one of those smart azz Uncle Chuck answers kinda like :::

The TASF reagent or tris(dimethylamino)sulfonium difluorotrimethylsilicate is a reagent in organic chemistry with structural formula [((CH3)2N)3S]+[F2Si(CH3)3]-. It is an anhydrous source of fluoride and is used to cleave silyl ether protective groups. Many other fluoride reagents are known, but few are truly anhydrous, because of the extraordinary basicity of "naked" F-. In TASF, the fluoride is masked as an adduct with the weak Lewis acid trimethylsilylfluoride (FSi(CH3)3). The sulfonium cation ((CH3)2N)3S+ is unusually non-electrophilic due to the electron-donating properties of the three (CH3)2N substituents.

This compound is prepared from sulfur tetrafluoride:

3 (CH3)2NSi(CH3)3 + SF4 → 2 (CH3)3SiF + [((CH3)2N)3S]+[F2Si(CH3)3]-
The colorless salt precipitates from the reaction solvent, diethyl ether.

[Anglette]

We are having alot of fun with it. The guys & gals have a blast, and it's great to meet them. They appreciate it.

[allingeneral]

Yes, I remember the Wounded Warriors. People like you folks make me proud to be an American

And now I know everything there is to know about TASF! I think I'll go outside and play with my chemistry set now.