Expansion of the pentafluorobenzene ring and other skeletal transformations in the reaction of perfluoro(1,2-diethyl-1-phenyl-1,2-dihydrocyclobutabenzene) with antimony pentafluoride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1134/S1070428012040112

The reaction of perfluoro(1-phenyl-1,2-diethyl-1,2-dihydrocuclobutabenzene) with SbF₅ at 20°C, followed by treatment of the reaction mixture with water gave perfluoro{4-[1-(2-propylphenyl)propylidene]- 2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one} together with per