Ethyl acrylate and acrylonitrile fail to undergo efficient Baylis-Hill
man reaction with fluoral, but provide good yields of products with pe
ntafluorobenzaldehyde. Alternately, unsubstituted and beta-substituted
[alpha- (ethoxycarbonyl)vinyl]aluminum react with perfluoroalkyl and
-aryl aldehydes and ketones to provide the alpha-hydroxyalkenylated fl
uoroorganic compounds in good to excellent yields. (C) 1998 Elsevier S
cience Ltd. All rights reserved.