Fluoroethane → Propanoyl fluoride, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-

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The above ethyl ether, 43 g (0.175 mol), in a 100 ml flask equipped as described in Example 6 was mixed with 1 g (0.0075 mol) of AlCl3. The mixture was refluxed for 17 hours. Material condensed in the attached Dry Ice-acetone trap was combined with residual material in the flask and distilled in a low-temperature still. An amount of 30.8 g of unreacted (CF3)2CHCF2OC2H5 was recovered, together with 9.1 g (26.3% yield) of (CF3)2CHCOF, 2.2 g of C2H5F and 0.1 g of (CF3)2CHCOCl. No improvement in product yield was obtained when the reactants were heated in a sealed tube at 120° for 4 hours.

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