D. Naumann et al., PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF ZNBR(CF3).2L - A CONVENIENT ROUTE FOR THE PREPARATION OF CF3I, Journal of fluorine chemistry, 67(1), 1994, pp. 91-93
ZnBr(CF3) . 2L (L = DMF, CH3CN) can easily be prepared by the reaction
s of CBrF3 with elemental zinc in better than 60% yield. The reaction
of ZnBr(CF3).2DMF with iodine monochloride in DMF solution yields pure
CF3I in better than 70% yield via an ecologically less damaging react
ion pathway than the decarboxylation route using silver or mercury tri
fluoroacetates.