Volume 38, Issue 13-14 pp. 2052-2054
Communication

Markovnikov Hydroboration of Perfluoroalkylethylenes

Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown

H. C. Brown and R. B. Wetherill Laboratories of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393 (USA), Fax: (+1) 765-494-0239

Search for more papers by this author
Guang-Ming Chen

Guang-Ming Chen

H. C. Brown and R. B. Wetherill Laboratories of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393 (USA), Fax: (+1) 765-494-0239

Search for more papers by this author
Michael P. Jennings

Michael P. Jennings

H. C. Brown and R. B. Wetherill Laboratories of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393 (USA), Fax: (+1) 765-494-0239

Search for more papers by this author
P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran

P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran

H. C. Brown and R. B. Wetherill Laboratories of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393 (USA), Fax: (+1) 765-494-0239

Search for more papers by this author

Abstract

A Markovnikov regioselectivity of 92 % or higher is achieved in the hydroboration of a series of perfluoroalkylethylenes and 2′,3′,4′,5′,6′-pentafluorostyrene with dichloro- and dibromoborane to provide the corresponding (fluoroalkyl)dihaloboranes (see reaction).

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.