1,2-Dibromo-1-chloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane → 4-Bromo-3-chloro-3,4,4-trifluorobutanoic acid

A mixture of 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane (X) (9.37 g, 50 mmol), vinylidene chloride (4.85 g, 50 mmol), ammonium persulfate (11.41 g, 50 mmol), sodium formate (3.4 g, 50 mmol) and water (1.8 g, 0.1 mol) in DMF (80 mL.) was stirred (dry-ice/acetone condensor) at room temperature with air bubbling. After 30 min, an aliquot of the reaction mixture was acidified with dilute HCl, extracted with ether and analyzed by GC, which indicated the formation of two products. These products were identified by GC/MS (EI) as 4-chloro-3,4,4-trifluoro-2-butenoic acid and novel compound 3,4-dichloro-3,4,4-trifluorobutanoic acid (XI). The compound XI gives 3,4,4-trifluoro-3-butenoic add (IV) upon reaction with zinc. Under the above reaction conditions, 1-chloro-1,2-dibromotrifluoroethane (VI) gave 3-chloro-4-bromo-3,4,4-trifluorobutanoic acid (VIII) as one of the products.

ORD record

ord-d432447635c04182847b67566a7b2364

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1996_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US05514717