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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Environmentally Benign Processes for Making Useful Fluorocarbons: Nickel- or Copper(I) Iodide-Catalyzed Reaction of Highly Fluorinated Epoxides with Halogens in the Absence of Solvent and Thermal Addition of CF2I 2 to Olefins

Highly fluorinated epoxides react with halogens in the presence of nickel powder or CuI at elevated temperatures to provide a useful and general synthesis of dihalodifluoromethanes (CF2X2) and fluoroacyl fluorides (RFCOF) in the absence of solvent. At 185 °C, hexafluoropropylene oxide and halogens produce CF2X 2 (X = I, Br) in 68-90% isolated yields, along with small amounts of X(CF2)nX, (n = 2, 3). With interhalogens I-X (X = Cl, Br), a mixture of CF2I2, CF2XI, and CF 2X2 was obtained. The fluorinated epoxides substituted with perfluorophenyl, fluorosulfonyl, and chlorofluoroalkyl groups also react cleanly with iodine to give CF2I2 and the corresponding fluorinated acyl fluorides in good yields. The reaction probably involves an oxidative addition of fluorinated epoxides into metal surfaces to form an oxametallacycle, followed by rapid decomposition to difluorocarbene-metal surfaces, which alters the reactivity of the difluorocarbene carbon from electrophilic to nucleophilic. The increase of nucleophilicity of difluorocarbene facilitates the reaction with electrophilic halogens. CF 2I2 reacted with olefins thermally to give 1,3-diiodofluoropropane derivatives. Both fluorinated and nonfluorinated alkenes gave good yields of the adducts. Reaction with ethylene, propylene, perfluoroalkylethylene, vinylidene fluoride, and trifluoroethylene provided the corresponding adducts in 58-86% yields. With tetrafluoroethylene, a 1:1 adduct was predominantly formed along with small amounts of higher homologues. In contrast to perfluoroalkyl iodides, CF2I2 also readily adds to perfluorovinyl ethers to give 1,3-diiodoperfluoro ethers.

An entirely new methodology for synthesizing perfluorinated compounds: Synthesis of perfluoroalkanesulfonyl fluorides from non-fluorinated compounds

A new synthetic procedure for the preparation of perfluoroalkanesulfonyl fluorides utilizing liquid-phase direct fluorination with elemental fluorine has been developed. Direct fluorination of a partially fluorinated ester, which has alkanesulfonyl fluoride in the end, was synthesized from non-fluorinated counterparts and perfluorinated acid fluoride according to the PERFECT process, gave the desired perfluorinated product in moderate yield as well as by-products arising from CS bond cleavage. The results of the direct fluorination of some model substrates suggest that the CS bond cleavage occurred due to radical formation at the α-position rather than the β-position.

Process for producing a fluorine atom-containing sulfonyl fluoride compound

The present invention provides a process whereby fluorine atom-containing sulfonyl fluoride compound(s) useful as e.g. materials for ion-exchange membranes, can be produced efficiently and at low cost without structural limitations while solving the difficulties in production. Namely, the present invention provides a process which comprises reacting XSO2RA-E1 (1) with RB-E2 (2) to form XSO2RA-E—RB (3), then reacting (3) with fluorine in a liquid phase to form FSO2RAF-EF-RBF (4), and further, decomposing the compound to obtain FSO2RAF-EF1 (5), wherein RA is a bivalent organic group, E1 is a monovalent reactive group, RB is a monovalent organic group, E2 is a monovalent reactive group which is reactive with E1, E is a bivalent connecting group formed by the reaction of E1 with E2, RAF is a bivalent organic group formed by the fluorination of RA, etc., RBF is the same group as RB, etc., EF is a bivalent connecting group formed by the fluorination of E, etc., EF1 is a monovalent group formed by the decomposition of EF, and X is a halogen atom.