The reactions of acyl chlorides with compounds of the Group IVB elements are well known'. However, it is also known that fluorocarbons often react with silicon compounds in a different manner than other organic halogen compounds; two of these anomalous reactions are the palladium catalyzed reduction of halocarbons by silicon hydrides' and the reaction of alkoxysilanes with fluoroketones3. Due to the unusual behavior of fluorocarbons in these cases, we decided ...
