Thermal and UV-induced isomerisation of fluorinated hexatrienes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)80562-X

Irradiation of octafluoro-1,3,5-hexatriene (I) in the gas phase with a high-pressure mercury lamp gave a mixture of octafluoro-2-vinyl-cyclobutene (III) and octafluorobicyclo<2.2.0>hex-2-ene (V).The analogous photolysis of hexatriene I in the liquid phase led to an equilibrium mixture of the starting compound I (cis-isomer) and the trans-isomer II, respectively.Photolysis of 2,3,4,5-tetrafluro-1,3,5-hexatriene (VI) gave a mixture of cis- and trans-isomers, both in the vapour and liquid phases.Thermal reaction of hexatriene I gave octafluoro-1,3-cyclohexadiene (IV) as the sole product.