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Preparation of α, α-difluoroalkanesulfonic acids
Prakash, G.K. Surya,Hu, Jinbo,Simon, Jurgen,Bellew, Donald R.,Olah, George A.
, p. 595 - 601 (2004)
Chlorodifluoromethanesulfonic acid (1) was prepared using a new procedure starting from perchloromercaptan, which is readily obtained from chlorination of CS2. Modified Swarts reaction transformed N, N-diethyl trichloromethanesulfenamide into N, N-diethyl chlorodifluoromethanesulfenamide, and the latter species was further oxidized and hydrolyzed into chlorodifluoromethanesulfonic acid. The preparations of other two new α,α-difluoroalkanesulfonic acids, phenyl difluoromethanesulfonic acid (2) and 2-phenyl-1,1,2,2, -tetrafluoroethanesulfonic acid (3), are also disclosed. The acids 2 and 3 are stable in the forms of sodium (lithium) salts or in aqueous solutions; however, the pure forms of 2 and 3 can readily undergo defluorinations. 1-3 and their salts have potential applications as superacid catalysts and lithium battery electrolytes.