Jd. Perez et al., A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS (FVP) OF TRIFLUOROMETHYLPYRAZOLES, Journal of fluorine chemistry, 63(3), 1993, pp. 271-279
Flash vacuum experiments have been carried out on 3(5)-trifluoromethyl
-5(3)-methylpyrazole and 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole. In both cas
es, the reaction proceeds with elimination of nitrogen and the formati
on of complex mixtures of fluorinated olefins and acetylenes. The Arrh
enius parameters have been determined and discussed. The first step of
the reaction, a pyrazole/pyrazolenine tautomerization process, has be
en calculated theoretically (STO-3G).