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The Open-Chain Trioxide CF3OC(O)OOOC(O)OCF3
Von Ahsen, Stefan,Garcia, Placido,Willner, Helge,Paci, Maximiliano Burgos,Argueello, Gustavo A.
, p. 5135 - 5141 (2003)
The open-chain trioxide CF3OC(O)OOOC(O)OCF3 is synthesised by a photochemical reaction of CF3C(O)OC(O)CF 3, CO and O2 under a low-pressure mercury lamp at -40°C. The isolated trioxide is a colourless solid at -40°C and is characterised by IR, Raman, UV and NMR spectroscopy. The compound is thermally stable up to -30°C and decomposes with a half-life of 1 min at room temperature. Between -15 and +14°C the activation energy for the dissociation is 86.5 kJ mol-1 (20.7 kcal mol-1). Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to support the vibrational assignment and to discuss the existence of rotamers.