These bimetallic bases are clearly rather special, and writing in Nature Chemistry, the same group of chemists report another such reagent with the ability to persuade THF to act out of character 5.

Figure 1: Schematic illustration of the label-free ssDNA detection using immobilized PNA and CCPs. Tetrahydrofuran (THF; ACS reagent, ≥99%; Aldrich, cat. no. 360589) Tetrabutylammonium bromide ...

Borane–tetrahydrofuran (BH 3 –THF) is a charge-transfer complex that is a useful surrogate for diborane 1 in organic synthesis. It can be used to reduce carboxylic acids to alcohols or nitriles to ...