Selective hydrodefluorination of hexafluoropropene to industrially relevant hydrofluoroolefins
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Phillips, Nicholas
White, Andrew
Crimmin, Mark
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The selective hydrodefluorination of hexafluoropropene to HFO‐1234ze and HFO‐1234yf can be achieved by reaction with simple group 13 hydrides of the form EH3 ⋅ L (E=B, Al; L=SMe2, NMe3). The chemoselectivity varies depending on the nature of the group 13 element. A combination of experiments and DFT calculations show that competitive nucleophilic vinylic substitution and addition‐elimination mechanisms involving hydroborated intermediates lead to complementary selectivities.
Date Issued
2019-07-11
Date Acceptance
2019-04-30
Citation
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2019, 361 (14), pp.3351-3358
ISSN
1615-4150
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
3351
End Page
3358
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
Volume
361
Issue
14
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the accepted version of the article N. A. Phillips, A. J. P. White, M. R. Crimmin, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2019, 361, 3351, which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201900234
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
677367
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Applied
Chemistry, Organic
Chemistry
Hydrodefluorination
HFO-1234ze
HFO-1234yf
Alane
Hydroboration
LEWIS-BASE COMPLEXES
F BOND ACTIVATION
CATALYZED HYDROBORATION
BORANE
MECHANISM
ALKENES
RHODIUM
DIBORANE
FAILURE
BORON
Organic Chemistry
0305 Organic Chemistry
0904 Chemical Engineering
0302 Inorganic Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
OA Location
https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Selective_Hydrodefluorination_of_Hexafluoropropene_to_Industrially_Relevant_Hydrofluoroolefins/7699970
Article Number
adsc.201900234
Date Publish Online
2019-05-23