ChemInform Abstract: Reaction of Alcohols with N,N-Diethyl-1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropylamine in the Presence of Diisopropylamine.
Abstract
Various natural alcohols (I) are treated with the title reagent (II) in the presence of a tertiary amine to give the tetrafluoropropionic acid esters (III).
ChemInform Abstract
Various natural alcohols (I) are treated with the title reagent (II) in the presence of a tertiary amine to give the tetrafluoropropionic acid esters (III). Fluorination does not occur under these conditions. A mechanism is suggested.