180690-74-8Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Perfluorinated cyclic and acyclic keto-enol systems: A remarkable contrast
Lindner, Patrick E.,Lemal, David M.
, p. 3259 - 3266 (2007/10/03)
Recent reports from this laboratory have revealed that highly fluorinated 4- and 5-membered-ring enols are comparable in stability to, or more stable thermodynamically than, the corresponding ketones, even in non-Lewis-basic media. Work on perfluorinated
Highly fluorinated cyclopentanones and their enols
Lindner, Patrick E.,Lemal, David M.
, p. 5109 - 5115 (2007/10/03)
2H-Perfluorocyclopentanone (1k) and its enol (1e) have been independently synthesized and equilibrated. In carbon tetrachloride, the enol is the only detectable form at equilibrium. In addition to its high relative stability, this enol displays interesting reactivity, including reversible bromination and hydrolysis reactions. Replacing the vinyl fluorine of 1e with hydrogen changes the relative enol stability dramatically as the enol is only present to the extent of 13% in carbon tetrachloride under equilibrating conditions. In Lewis basic solvents, however, the enol is the only detectable form because of its strength as a hydrogen bond donor. Quantum mechanical calculations on both systems suggest that ketone destabilization, but not enol stabilization, by fluorination is responsible for the remarkable relative stability of the enols.
