Volume 127, Issue 10 pp. 2988-2992
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A Convenient Route to Tetraalkylammonium Perfluoroalkoxides from Hydrofluoroethers

Benson J. Jelier

Benson J. Jelier

Dept of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 (Canada)

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Dr. Jon L. Howell

Dr. Jon L. Howell

Experimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE 19803 (USA)

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Prof. Craig D. Montgomery

Prof. Craig D. Montgomery

Department of Chemistry, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd, Langley, B.C., V2Y 1Y1 (Canada)

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Prof. Daniel B. Leznoff

Prof. Daniel B. Leznoff

Dept of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 (Canada)

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Prof. Chadron M. Friesen

Corresponding Author

Prof. Chadron M. Friesen

Department of Chemistry, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd, Langley, B.C., V2Y 1Y1 (Canada)

Department of Chemistry, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd, Langley, B.C., V2Y 1Y1 (Canada)Search for more papers by this author
First published: 22 January 2015
Citations: 7

The authors acknowledge funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and Trinity Western University (TWU). In addition, we thank J. Ovens (SFU) for assistance with the structural determination of 6 a and A. Simonson (U of Utah) for assistance with TGA-MS.

Abstract

Hydrofluoroethers are shown to alkylate tertiary amines readily under solvent-free conditions, affording valuable tetraalkylammonium perfluoroalkoxides bearing α-fluorines. The reaction of RFCF2OCH3 (RF=CF2CF3, CF2CF2CF3, and CF(CF3)2) with NR1R2R3 produces twenty new α-perfluoroalkoxides, [(CH3)NR1R2R3][RFCF2O] under mild conditions. These α-perfluoroalkoxides are easy to handle, thermally stable, and can be used for the perfluoroalkoxylation of benzyl bromides.

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