Fluorine 18 atom addition reactions

In contrast to saturated hydrocarbons, the unsaturated hydrocarbons react with atomic fluorine by two pathways, i.e. (atomic fluorine addition at >C=C< double bond and hydrogen substitution by fluorine atoms. The reaction of fluorine with aromatic hydrocarbons proceeds with the formation of F-derivatives and hydrogen atoms break off ... 

No absolute rate data exist for fluorine atom additions to olefins. This is not at all surprising in view of the tremendous experimental difficulties in carrying out reactions between fluorine and organic compounds of almost any sort. Rowland and co-workers [45] have been studying the interaction of fluorine atoms with a variety of compounds, however, and these include olefins. Relative rate data are given in Table 11 in a form such that the inter- and intramolecular reactivity of various unsaturated carbons is normalized against ethylene. The total reactivity is, of course, the summation of the positional reactivities of the individual carbons for any given compound. Rowland and co-workers [45a] have also measured the relative reactivity of the terminal versus the central carbon of propene towards fluorine atoms, and find the terminal position to be 1.35 times more reactive. 

The fluorination reaction is best described as a radical-chain process involving fluorine atoms (19) and hydrogen abstraction as the initiation step. If the molecule contains unsaturation, addition of fluorine also takes place (17). Gomplete fluorination of complex molecules can be conducted using this method (see Fluorine compounds, organic-direct fluorination). 

Chloro-2,2,3-trifluoropropionic acid has been prepared by permanganate oxidation of 3-chloro-2,2,3-trifluoropropanol which is one of the telomerization products of chlorotrifluoroethylene with methanol. The present procedure is a modification of one reported earlier and is undoubtedly the method of choice for making propionic acids containing 2 fluorine atoms, i.e., 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropionic acid, 3,3-dichloro-2,2-difluoropropionic acid, and 3-bromo-2,2,3-trifluoropropionic acid. When preparing 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropionic acid from tetrafluoroethylene, it is desirable to use an additional 50 ml. of acetonitrile and externally applied heat to initiate the reaction. 

The analogous reactions of 5-nitro- [227] and 5-bromofuran-2-carboxylic acids [228] lead to addition of two fluorine atoms and replacement of the nitro group... 

A fluormated enol ether formed by the reaction of sodium ethoxide with chlorotnfluoroethylene is much less reactive than the starting fluoroolefin To replace the second fluorine atom, it is necessary to reflux the reaction mixture. The nucleophilic substitution proceeds by the addition-elimination mechanism [30] (equation 26). 

Because of resonance stabilization of the anion, a tet-nazolyl moiety is often employed successfully as a bioisosteric replacement for a carboxy group. An example in this subclass is provided by azosemide (27). Benzonitrile analogue is prepared by phosphorus oxychloride dehydration of the corresponding benzamide. Next, a nucleophilic aromatic displacement reaction of the fluorine atom leads to The synthesis concludes with the 1,3-dipolar addition of azide to the nitrile liinction to produce the diuretic azosemi de (27). ... 

In later experiments with improved techniques the initial partial dissociation of Fj, CI2 etc. by the r/discharge could be replaced by addition of NO to the F2 flow, thus providing atomic fluorine by the reaction... 

In accord with this mechanism, trichloromethanethiosulfenyl chloride, CCI3SSCI, cannot be fluorinated under analogous reaction conditions (44). Plainly, the isomerization is here impossible on steric grounds because of the additional sulfur atom. 

One modification of the Bingel reaction involves DBU as a base. Initial experiments showed that exposure of CgQpjg to DBU leads to a complete loss of fluorine [71]. Fortunately this defluorination does not take place in the presence of diethyl bromomalonate. Reaction of CgQpjg with DBU and diethylbromomalonate in toluene at room temperature yields three products and unreacted CgQpjg [67, 71]. The three products are the result of mono-, bis- and tris-substitution their relative yield depends on how fast the base is added. The reaction does not - as in the usual Bingel reaction - proceed via a nucleophilic addition reaction to one double bond but as a nucleophilic substitution with a Sj.j2 -mechanism. The bromomalonate anion attacks a double bond in 5-position to one of the least sterically hindered fluorine atoms, which leads to the loss of this fluorine. The bromine atom is not replaced (Scheme 9.6). 

Other Addition Reactions.—At variance with previous reports, the palladium-catalysed reduction of 9a-fluoro-ll/3-hydroxy-A -and-A -corticosteroids proceeded stereospecifically to give the 5/8-isomers. The 9a-fluorine atom appears to be responsible for an increased folding of ring A towards the a-face, thus exposing the -face to the catalyst. 

There are no abstractable hydrogen atoms on CF30, so that reaction with 02 is negligible (k < 4 X 10-17 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 at 373 K Turnipseed et al., 1994 Niki et al., 1994). In addition, the C-F bond is too strong for decomposition to give a fluorine atom and CFzO to take place. However, CF3Q reacts with NO,... 

Conjugate addition reactions to the E-alkenoate proceeded fruitfully [293]. Remarkably, ketone enolates added to the alkenoate (Eq. 106) to afford the Michael adducts in the absence of the three fluorine atoms, the retro-Michael reaction dominates, because a ketone enolate is more stable that the ester enolate generated by the conjugate addition process therefore some special driving... 

Chlorine monofluoride is capable of oxidizing a sulfur atom bonded to one or two perfluoroalkyl groups through the addition of two or four fluorine atoms to the sulfur atom, depending on the ratio of the reagents and the reaction temperature. 

Bromine trifluoride is used to selectively substitute fluorine for bromine in brominated alkanes and esters. The reactions are carried out by gradual addition of bromine trifluoride to a solution of the substrate in CFC-113 or CFC-112 at 10-20nC. The bromine-fluorine exchange in mono-bromohaloalkanes is nonstereoselective and accompanied, in some eases, by skeletal rearrangements, hydride shifts, and halogen migrations. All three fluorine atoms in bromine trifluoride are involved in the fluorination reaction. Chlorine atoms in the substrate molecules remain intact.109... 

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