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Defluorination of Perfluoroalkanes and Chlorofluorocarbons
Author(s) -
Saunders Graham C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199626151
Subject(s) - fluorocarbon , chemistry , inert , alkali metal , cleavage (geology) , electron transfer , photochemistry , electron , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , fracture (geology) , composite material
Electron transfer from a reducing agent to a fluorocarbon leads to cleavage of the strong and supposedly inert CF bond. This process can be used to defluorinate perfluoroalkanes to produce perfluoroarenes or ‐alkenes catalytically under mild conditions. The transfer of two electrons from alkali metal oxalates to chlorofluoro‐carbons leads to complete degradation at relatively low temperatures [Eq. (a)].