Recent investigations concerning nucleophilic displacement reactions of halogenated cyclobutenes have shown that these cyclobutenes readily undergo reaction with nucleophilic reagents with and without rearrangement. In niost studies, 2-6 the cyclobutenes possessed highly activated double bonds or groups attached thereon capable of stabilizing a charge. For this work, a series of halogenated cyclobutenes, namely 3, 3, 4, 4-tetrafluoro ...
