The electrochemical fluorination of N-containing carboxylic acids (Part 4). Fluorination of methyl 3-dialkylamino-isobutyrates and methyl 3-dialkylamino-n-butyrates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-1139(93)03019-I

Several methyl esters of 3-dialkylamino-substituted n- and isobutyric acids have been subjected to electrochemical fluorination to give the corresponding perfluoroacid fluorides.Dimethyl, diethyl, pyrrolidino, morpholino, piperidino and N-methylpiperazino groups were investigated as dialkylamino substituents.The structure/yield relationship was evaluated both in terms of the structure of the acid and the kind of amino group, respectively.Better yields of perfluoroacid fluorides were obtained from methyl esters having isobutyric acid skeletons than those having n-butyric acid groups, and from the acids containing cyclic amino groups than those containing acyclic ones.