Water → HCID 131728043, compound

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Ethylene (56 g) was introduced to an autoclave charged with C4F9(CH2CF2)2I (714 g) and d-(+)-limonene (3.2 g), and the reactor heated at 240° C. for 12 hours. The product was isolated by vacuum distillation to provide C4F9(CH2CF2)2CH2CH2I. A mixture of C4F9(CH2CF2)2CH2CH2I (10 g, 0.02 mol) and N-methylformamide (8.9 mL, 0.15 mol) was heated to 150° C. for 26 hours. The mixture was cooled to 100° C., followed by the addition of water to separate the crude ester. Ethyl alcohol (3 mL) and p-toluene sulfonic acid (0.09 g) were added and the mixture stirred at 70° C. for 0.25 hours. Ethyl formate and ethyl alcohol were removed by distillation to give a crude product. The crude product was dissolved in ether, washed with 10% by weight aqueous sodium sulfate, water and brine, in turn, and dried over magnesium sulfate. Distillation provided the product C4F9(CH2CF2)2CH2CH2OH (6.5 g, 83% yield): bp 94-95° C. at 2 mm Hg (266 Pa).

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