Rd. Chambers et al., 1,8-DIAZABICYCLO[5.4.0]UNDEC-7-ENE AS A DIFUNCTIONAL NUCLEOPHILE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (18), 1994, pp. 2055-2056
DBU 1 reacts as a (1,3) difunctional nucleophile with 2-H heptafluorob
ut-2-ene 2, giving the unusual product 8;a mechanism for the formation
of 8 is proposed and an X-ray crystal structure of 8 is described.