Nitriles fluoroalkenes

Hydration of olefins, alkynes and nitriles calls explicitely for the use of aqueous solvents. Indeed, one of the earliest investigations originates from 1969, when hydration of fluoroalkenes were studied with Ru(II)-chloride catalysts (Scheme 9.6). The reaction has no synthetic value but the studies helped to clarify the mechanism of the interaction of olefins with Ru(II)... 

In the light of the foregoing discussion it may be expected that fluoroalkenes participate in cycloaddition reactions with unsaturated systems containing heteroatoms [260], e.g. nitroso compounds [261], sulphur trioxide [262], sulphur dioxide [263], nitriles [264] and so on (Figure 7.78). 

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