NOVEL REACTIONS OF PERFLUORO-2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)-PROPENE

Unlike its hydrocarbon counterpart, perfluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)prope ne is a highly reactive compound. It participates in both heterolytic and homolytic reactions. It readily reacts with nucleophiles and slugg ishly with electrophiles. It reacts as well with common organic solven ts, such as dimethylformamide, ethanol and others. In this communicati on, we describe its reactions with trifluoromethylthiocopper, sulfur t rioxide and tributyltin cyanide, the mechanism of formation of the var ious products and their mass spectral data.