Aliphatic alcohols are converted to the corresponding trifluoromethyl ethers by reaction with carbonyl fluoride and treatment of the resulting fluoroformate with sulfur tetrafluoride. This reaction has synthetic value only when the alcohol is substituted with a deactivating substituent in the P-position. The scope and extensions of this reaction and the physical and chemical properties of these ethers, particularly trifluoromethyl vinyl ether and substituted ...
