TRIETHYLBORANE-INDUCED STEREOSELECTIVE RADICAL ADDITION OF PERFLUOROALKYL IODIDES TO ACETYLENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99190-1

Treatment of terminal or internal acetylenes bearing a variety of substituents with perfluoroalkyl iodides in the presence of a catalytic amount of triethylborane provides the corresponding perfluoroalkenes in good to excellent yields.The addition of perf