Nucleophilic substitution versus electron transfer: 1. On the mechanism of electrophilic fluorinations

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79383-X

The reaction of a citronellic ester enolate with electrophilic fluorinating agents gives open chain fluorinated products only. The absence of rearranged fluorinated products in this system - a potential precursor to a 5-hexenyl-type radical clock - indica