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The Reaction of Trifluoromethyl Radicals with Neopentane. An SH2 Reaction at a Saturated Aliphatic Carbon Atom
Jackson, Richard A,Townson, Michael
, p. 1452 - 1456 (2007/10/02)
When hexafluoroacetone is photolysed in the presence of neopentane at 300 deg C, isobutane is formed as a primary product, and 1,1,1-trifluoroethane is formed in amounts much greater than would be expected from combination of methyl and trifluoromethyl radicals.These results strongly support the occurence of a homolytic bimolecular substitution reaction (SH2) by a trifluoromethyl radical at a methyl carbon atom, with the displacement of a t-butyl radical.
