Fluorinated ylides ketones

Fluorinated ylides also undergo addition to fluoroalkyl ketones however, this olefination procedure may be accompanied by considerable side reactions resulting from deprotonation of the fluoroalkyl ketones. In most cases the yields arc not better than 30 / . ... 

Tris(diethyl)amino]phosphoniuni 2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluorocyclobutane ylide (2) is a very hydroscopic solid, which is stable for long periods of time when stored under anhydrous conditions.13 It is unreactive towards most functional groups such as C = C bonds, ketones, aldehydes, and esters but reacts smoothly under neutral conditions with alcohols or carboxylic acids with replacement of the hydroxy group by a fluorine atom.44,45 Other tris(dialkylammo-nium)phosphonium perfluorocyclobutanes have been synthesized however, they are less reactive fluorinating reagents.44,45... 

Fluoroolefins may be prepared by the reaction of Wittig reagents and other pho sphorus-contaimng ylides with fluorinated carbonyl compounds. (A discussion of the fluorinated Wittig reagents or other fluorinated phosphorus reagents with nonfluonnated carbonyl compounds is on page 581.) Tnphenylphosphoranes, derived from alkyltriphenyl phosphonium salts, react with 1,1,1-trifluoroacetone [3/] or other trifluoromethyl ketones [32, 33] (equation 26) (Table 10). 

Aldol reaction and alkylation of ketones at the a-position via enol silyl ethers (11) under neutral conditions are good examples [8]. Ortho-quinodimethane (15) is afforded at room temperature and undergoes [4 + 2] cycloaddition [10]. In contrast, the thermal ring opening of benzocyclobutane requires a much higher temperature (180-190°C) [11]. The fluorine-mediated Si—C activation protocol was the preferred method for the formation of tetrafluoro-para-quinodimethane (19), which then dimerizes to octafluoro-para-cyclophane (20) [12]. Azomethine ylide (22) can be generated from 21 byAgF catalysis and is used for heterocycles syntheses [13]. 

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