Vinylidene fluoride → 2-Trifluoromethyl-1,1,1,2,4,4-hexafluorobutane

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As another example, 2-trifluoromethyl-1,1,1,4,4-pentafluoro-2-butanol may be prepared by reacting commercially available 1,1-difluoroethylene according to the procedure of George L. Fleming et al., supra, to form a product which may then be hydrogenated to form 2-trifluoromethyl-1,1,1,2,4,4-hexafluorobutane which may then be dehydrohalogenated and then reacted with sulfuric acid and then water to form 2-trifluoromethyl-1,1,1,4,4-pentafluoro-2-butanol.

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