The reactions of tetrafluoroethylene oligomers: V. The reactions of perfluoro-3,4-dimethyl-4-ethylhexene-(2) with thionucleophiles and the chemical transformations of reaction products

The reactions of perfluoro-3,4-dimethyl-4-ethylhexene-(2) (1) with s-nucleophiles such as benzylthiol, allylthiol, phenylthiol and the chemical transformations of these reaction products were reported. 1 reacted with S-nucleophiles to give four types of isomeric products. At ?30～ ?60°C, in ether, kinetically controlled product 2 (a, b, c) were formed. Compound 2 might be converted directly into the thermodynamically stable products 3 (a, b,) in DMF-KF at r.t., At 100°C, 2 was converted to 4 (a, b, c) via intramolecular rearrangement. In KF-DMF at r.t., 4 was isomerized to 5 (a, b, c). 2a also reacted with another mole of thiol to give the corresponding disulfide 6 and hydrogen-containing olefin 7a as well as the disubstituted product 8a in DMF, but only give 3a and 9a in ether-Et₃N. The reaction of 2a with methyl alcohol gave only a small amounts of 3a and 10a. The reaction of 2b with dimethylamine was complex and 3b and 11 were obtained in low yield.