Silver hexafluoroantimonate is used as a catalyst for the preparation of a number of compounds. It acts as an acidic catalyst in epoxide opening reactions and sulfenylation reactions , controlled initiator in polymerization reactions, and as an activator of catalyst in certain organic reactions.

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