Synthesis of a new bis(perfluoroalkyl oxirane) dioxyethylene ether

Classic direct synthetic methods failed to transform bis(perfluororalkylally1) dioxyethylene ether into the corresponding bis(perfluoroalkyl oxirane). This transformation was instead realized using a mixture of mercuric acetate/bromine to produce the corresponding bromoacetate, which was subsequently transformed to a bromohydrin and further to bis(perfluoroalkyl oxirane) through the use of triethylbenzyl ammonium chloride as a phase transfer catalyst in alkaline media. (C) 2014 Taibah University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).