Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some Reactions of Fluoroethanes with Sodium Ethoxide1

P Tarrant, JA Young

Index: Tarrant; Young Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 932

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Citation Number: 9

Abstract

Evidence is offered that the formation of fluoroethers by the reaction of a saturated fluorohalo compound with sodium ethoxide is not due to a simple displacement reaction of the Williamson type in most instances. The products formed in a number of reactions can be accounted for only by assuming that the saturated compounds are converted to fluoroolefins which then add alcohol to give the fluoroether.