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Defluorination of perfluoroolefins by divalent lanthanoid reagents: Activating C-F bonds

Journal Article · · Organometallics; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/om00157a006· OSTI ID:6379656
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  1. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE (USA)

Divalent lanthanoid complexes MCp*{sub 2} {times} L (M = Yb, Eu, Sm; L = diethyl ether or THF; Cp* = {eta}{sup 5}-pentamethylcyclopetadienyl) and YbCp{prime}{sub 2} {times} L (Cp{prime} = {eta}{sup 5}-methylcyclopentadienyl; L = tetrahydrofuran) rapidly abstract fluorine atoms from a variety of perfluoroolefins including perfluoro-2,4-dimethyl-3-ethylpent-2-ene, perfluoro-2,3-dimethylpent-2-ene, and perfluorocyclohexene. Qualitative observation shows that the relative fluorine abstraction reactivity of the four lanthanoid complexes increases with increasingly negative reduction potential for reasonably unhindered fluoroolefin substrates. The Yb(III)/Yb(II) reduction potential of YbCp{prime}{sub 2} solvated in acetonitrile is determined here to be {minus}1.65 V (relative to ferrocene) by cyclic voltammetry. The fully characterized organometallic products from the fluorine atom abstraction reactions are solvated trivalent lanthanoid fluorides MCp*{sub 2}F {times} L (M = Yb, Eu, Sm; L = diethyl ether or THF) and YbCp{prime}{sub 2}F {times} THF. The molecular structures of YbCp*{sub 2}F {times} OEt{sub 2} and YbCp*{sub 2}F {times} THF determined by X-ray crystallography reveal the first terminal lanthanoid-fluoride bonds.

OSTI ID:
6379656
Journal Information:
Organometallics; (USA), Journal Name: Organometallics; (USA) Vol. 9:7; ISSN 0276-7333; ISSN ORGND
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English