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Aerosol Direct Fluorination Syntheses: Alkyl Halides, Neopentyl Chloride and Bromide, Free Radicals vs. Carbocations
Adcock, James L.,Evans, William D.,Heller-Grossman, Lilly
, p. 4953 - 4957 (1983)
Aerosol direct fluorination of neopentyl chloride produces perfluoroneopentyl chloride in 74percent yields.Analogous fluorination of neopentyl bromide produces perfluoroisopentane in 63percent yield.Data are presented that support a carbocation rearrangement in the fluorination of neopentyl bromide.The carbocations are presumed to arise from disproportionation of neopentylbromine fluorides.