Fluorovinyl organometallic compounds - an historical review and some recent advances

This review describes the historically important routes to fluorovinyl orga nometallic species of the type M-(CX=CX2), where M is a main-group or trans ition-metal element and one, or more, of the substituent atoms, X, is fluor ine, the others being either other halogens, or hydrogen. A number of newer synthetic methods are described which have resulted in the preparation of a wider range of examples of such compounds. The structure, spectrocopy, pr operties, reactivity and future prospects for this class of compounds are d escribed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.