Sulfuric Acid → 1,1,3,3-Tetrafluoro-2-methylpropan-2-ol

HRID 1656841Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1656841 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]([CH:6]([F:8])[F:7])=[C:3]([F:5])[F:4].S(=O)(=O)(O)[OH:10]>O>[CH3:1][C:2]([OH:10])([CH:6]([F:8])[F:7])[CH:3]([F:5])[F:4]

Participants

4

Procedure

As another example, 2-methyl-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-propanol may be prepared by fluorinating commercially available 1,1-dichloro-2-propanone to form 1,1-difluoro-2-propanone which may then be reacted with CF2 carbene to form 2-methyl-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene. The 2-methyl-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene may then be reacted with sulfuric acid and then water to form 2-methyl-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-propanol.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-53b1db575a3d42f9bcfb340c59adbaf6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_10
Patent number
US05254755

Reaction notes

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