Fluorination of olefins with PhSeF 3, PhSeF 5 and PhTeF 5

SA Lermontov, SI Zavorin, IV Bakhtin, AN Pushin…

Index: Lermontov, Sergei A.; Zavorin, Sergei I.; Bakhtin, Ilya V.; Pushin, Alexei N.; Zefirov, Nikolai S.; Stang, Peter J. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 87, # 1 p. 75 - 83

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Abstract

Phenyselenium trifluoride, PhSeF3 (PSTF) either oxidatively difluorinates or selenofluorinates olefins, depending on their structures. The pentafluorides PhSeF5 and PhTeF5 appear to be effective difluorinating reagents, affording 1, 2-difluoroalkanes from olefins.