PYROLYSIS OF BRANCHED-CHAIN PERFLUOROALKANES IN THE PRESENCE OF HALOGENS

Authors
TONELLI C TORTELLI V
Citation
C. Tonelli et V. Tortelli, PYROLYSIS OF BRANCHED-CHAIN PERFLUOROALKANES IN THE PRESENCE OF HALOGENS, Journal of fluorine chemistry, 67(2), 1994, pp. 125-128
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of fluorine chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221139
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
125 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1139(1994)67:2<125:POBPIT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The thermal decomposition of some highly branched perfluoroalkanes in the presence of molecular halogens (Cl2, Br2, I2) has been studied. Th e clear-cut cleavage of the most hindered carbon-carbon bond and the t rapping by halogens of the intermediate radicals so formed account for the product distribution. Kinetic measurements support a mechanism ba sed on homolytic rupture of the perfluoroalkanes as the rate-determini ng step, followed by the fast reaction of the intermediates with halog ens.