NUCLEOPHILIC REACTIONS OF FLUOROOLEFINS. II. REGIOSELECTIVITY AND ELIMINATION-ADDITION COMPETITION IN THE REACTION OF 1-PHENYLPENTAFLUOROPROPENES WITH SODIUM ETHOXIDE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)81242-7

1-Phenylpentafluoropropene and its para-substituted analogs 1 are susceptible to nucleophilic attack at both vinylic carbon atoms C-1 and C-2.They react with ethanolic sodium ethoxide to give predominantly substitution products, 1-ethoxy-1-phenyltetrafluo