Reaction of 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-difluoroethylene with Alkyl Grignard Reagents. Evidence for Radical Reaction Involving β-Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from Grignard Reagents. Implication Regarding the Mechanism of Reduction by Grignard Reagents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00521a038

Reaction of CF2=CCl2 (1) with alkyl Grignard reagents (RMgX: R = CH3, C2H5, n-C3H7, i-C3H7, n-C4H9, s-C4H9, i-C4H9, t-C4H9, n-C8H17, C6H5CH2) in ether afforded complex mixtures containing RCF2CCl2H (3), RCF=CCl2, CH3CH2OCH(CH3)CF2CCl2H, and CH3CH2OCH(CH3)