Journal of fluorine chemistry

Utility of silicon tetrafluoride as a catalyst of reactions with xenon difluoride: fluorinations of phenyl alkenes and benzaldehydes

M Tamura, T Takagi, H Quan, A Sekiya

Index: Tamura, Masanori; Takagi, Toshiyuki; Quan, Heng-Dao; Sekiya, Akira Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 98, # 2 p. 163 - 166

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Abstract

Application of silicon tetrafluoride to fluorinations with xenon difluoride as a catalyst is investigated. It was found that vic-difluorination of phenyl alkenes and transformation of benzaldehydes to difluoromethoxybenzenes using xenon difluoride are enhanced by silicon tetrafluoride.