Novel 2,2-difluorovinylzirconocene: A facile synthesis of monosubstituted gem-difluoroolefins via its cross-coupling reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02035-7

2,2-Difluorovinyl p-toluenesulfonate, readily obtained from 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, is treated with zirconocene equivalent 'Cp₂Zr' to generate the remarkably thermostable nonsubstituted 2,2-difluorovinylzirconocene, which in turn couples with a