Methanol → HCID 18671285, compound

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Reaction Steps

Metallic sodium (4.08 g, 177 mmols) was reacted with methanol (150 mls). N-Ethyl perfluorooctyl sulphonamide (93.28 g, 177 mmols) was added, and the resulting solution was stirred for 30 minutes. The methanol was removed at the pump (a vacuum pump was required to remove the final traces of solvent). The resulting sticky solid was dissolved in acetone (300 mls) and cooled to −65° C. under argon. Recrystalised cyanuric chloride (16.33 g, 88.5 mmols) dissolved in acetone (100 mls) was added to the reaction mixture dropwise such that the temperature did not rise above −50° C. (˜1 hour). After the addition, the reaction mixture was allowed to slowly warm to room temperature (1 hour) and then stirred for a further 3 hours. The precipated solid was removed by filtration and dried under vacuum. Purification by soxhlet extraction with acetone afforded 61 g (56.9%) of a fine white powder.

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