Dimethylformamide → 2H-Perfluoroisopropyl 2-fluoroacrylate

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Reaction Steps

107 g (1 mol) of the ammonium salt of α-fluoroacrylic acid are mixed with 14.5 g (0.2 mol) of dimethylformamide and 0.6 liter of xylene, and 131 g (1.1 mol) of thionyl chloride are added dropwise to the mixture in the course of one hour; the mixture is then warmed at a temperature of 80° C. for two hours. After cooling to a temperature of 0° C., a mixture of 204 g (1.1 mol) of tributylamine and 185 g (1.1 mol) of hexafluoroisopropanol is added to the reaction mixture in the course of 30 minutes. The mixture is then stirred at a temperature of 30° C. for a further hour and is finally filtered. The filtrate is distilled under a pressure of 270 mbar and hexafluoroisopropyl α-fluoroacrylate is obtained as a colorless liquid.

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