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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 144, Issue 49, Pages 22713-22721Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10448
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- Arkema Inc.
- MITACS
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) [RGPIN-2019-05958, CRDPJ/537773-20]
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In this study, bulky metal catalysts were used to react with vinylidene difluoride, resulting in the synthesis of a new type of HFO compound, with the reaction mechanism identified through calculations.
Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) constitute the newest generation of fluorocarbon refrigerants and foam-blowing agents due to their reduced global warming potential vs their saturated analogues. To identify new synthetic routes to HFOs, we show that reactions of bulky Ni(0) phosphine and -NHC complexes with vinylidene difluoride (VF2) afford mu-fluoro-1,1,3-trifluorobut-3-enyl Ni complexes. Moreover, addition of triisopropylsilane allows for reductive elimination of the reduced product-2,4,4-trifluoro-1-butene-demonstrating the Ni-catalyzed hydrodefluorodimerization of VF2. Accompanying DFT calculations identify the Tshaped nickelacyclopentane intermediate that spontaneously undergoes selective intramolecular beta-F (vs beta-H) elimination.
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