Carbonyl fluoride, reaction with

Under an atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide, aryl- and alkenylsilanes undergo a carbonylative coupling reaction with aryl and alkenyl halides [44,45]. The optimized conditions for arylsilanes involve the use of N,M-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone (DMI) as a solvent and KF as a fluoride ion source (Eq. 38), whereas alkenylsilanes prefer THF and TBAF (Eq. 39). 

Trifluoromethyl hypofluorite, CF3OF, is formed by the reaction of fluorine in excess with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methanol, or other compounds containing both carbon and oxygen. In the procedure described below, carbon monoxide first reacts with an excess of fluorine to give largely carbonyl fluoride. The mixture is then passed through a hot tube where nearly all of the carbonyl fluoride reacts with fluorine to give trifluoromethyl hypofluorite. It is desirable to use somewhat more than two volumes of fluorine per volume of carbon monoxide. If this is not done, much perfluorodimethyl peroxide [bis(trifluoromethyl) peroxide] is formed by the combination of carbonyl fluoride with tr fluoromethyl hypofluorite by the reaction ... 

Reaction with phenols and alcohols. Carbonyl fluoride reacts with a phenol or alcohol (autoclave, 100-200°) to form the fluoroformate (10). In a second step the fluoroformate on reaction with sulfur tetrafluoride (150-200°) affords the aryl(alkyl) trifluoromethyl ether. ... 

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations are being used to study the reactions of anionic nucleophiles with carbonyl compounds in the gas phase. A rich variety of energy surfaces is found as shown here for reactions of hydroxide ion with methyl formate and formaldehyde, chloride ion with formyl and acetyl chloride, and fluoride ion with formyl fluoride. Extension of these investigations to determine the influence of solvation on the energy profiles is also underway the statistical mechanics approach is outlined and illustrated by results from Monte Carlo simulations for the addition of hydroxide ion to formaldehyde in water. 

Reaction to give tetrafluorooxathietane 2,2-dioxide (tetrafluoroethane sultone) had been used industrially and uneventfully, but reaction with excess sulfur trioxide may cause explosive decomposition to carbonyl fluoride and sulfur dioxide [1]. An incident involving the same explosion hazard was reported 11 years later [2], Use of inert gas to prevent explosion has been patented [3],... 

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