aDepartment of Chemistry. University of Durham, South Road. Durham. DH1 3LE, USA
bZeneca Specialities, Leeds Road, Huddersfield. HD2 1FF, USA
Abstract:
Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethene (TDAE) and trimethylamine react with anhydrous unsaturated fluorocarbons to produce, ‘in situ’, powerful fluoride- ion sources. These are used to initiate carbon- carbon bond forming reactions eg. oligomerisation and polyfluoroalkylation, and many of these reactions occur efficiently in the absence of a solvent.