Abstract: Results are reported on the efficiency of polyfluorooctanol as a perfluorous auxiliary component in the aldol reaction between the enolate derived from polyfluorooctyl acetate and 2-fluorobenzaldehyde. Reduction of the corresponding polyfluoro β-hydroxy ester with Super Hydride® gave the required 1, 3-diol in good yield.
[Houghton, Roy P.; Voyle, Martyn; Price, Raymond Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1984 , # 5 p. 925 - 931]