Reactivity study of 1,1,2,4,4,5,7,7,8,8,9,9,9-tridecafluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-3,6-dioxanon-1-ene in nucleophilic reactions:: fluorination properties of secondary amine adducts

A series of nucleophiles was reacted with 1,1,2,4,4,5,7,7,8,8,9,9,9-tridecafluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-3,6-dioxanon-1-ene (1) as a representative of perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ethers). All reactions were completely regioselective with the nucleophilic attack at the terminal carbon atom. Reactions of hydroxy compounds, thiols and sec-amines afforded addition products, but butyllithium, tributylphosphane or complex hydrides caused displacement of vinylic fluorine: butyllithium afforded cis-derivative, while reactions with hydrides and the phosphane led to mixtures of cis- and trans-derivatives. Diethylamine and piperidine adducts displayed the property to substitute hydroxyl for fluorine in hexadecan-1-ol. Molecular properties of hexafluoropropene and perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) were calculated by ab initio method at the MP2/6-311G(d,p) level of theory and their impact on relative reactivity was estimated. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.