... The title reaction leads to the formation of 2- and 3-perfluoroalkyl thiophenes. A carbenoid mechanism is invoked to explain the presence of a rearrangement product. Download full text in PDF. Journal of fluorine Chemistry, 27(1985) 291 298 Received: July 17, 1984; accepted: September 10, 1984 COPPER-MEDIATED PERFLUOROALKYLATION OF HALOGENOTHIOPHENES J. LEROY , M. RUBINSTEIN and C ... J. Fluorine Chem., 17 (1981), p. ...
