REGIOSPECIFIC RING OPENING OF α,β-EPOXYSILANES WITH SILICON TETRAFLUORIDE AND APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF FLUOROALKENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)95292-4

α,β-Epoxysilanes undergo the ring opening-fluorination with silicon tetrafluoride in the presence of diisopropylethylamine and water to give β-fluoro-β-silyl alcohols specifically, and the subsequent olefination with potassium hexamethyldisilazide affords fluoroalkenes in good yield.