Trifluoroacetic acid → 1,1,3,3,3-Pentafluoro-2-oxopropane-1-sulfonic acid

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Ethyl 2-oxopentafluoropropanesulfonate (25.6 g, 0.10 mol) was stirred at 25° c. and treated with trifluoroacetic acid (17.1 g, 0.15 mol). The mixture was allowed to stand overnight, and then it was heated to reflux (60° C.) in a spinning band still. Fractional distillation of the mixture at a pot temperature below 100° C. gave 2-oxopentafluoropropanesulfonic acid (18.4 g, 0.081 mol, 81%) bp 73° C. (2.6 mm Hg).

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