Journal of fluorine chemistry

Oxidation of primary alcohols to acyl fluorides using BrF 3

S Rozen, I Ben-David

Index: Rozen, Shlomo; Ben-David, Iris Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 76, # 2 p. 145 - 147

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Abstract

Aliphatic and alicyclic primary alcohols when treated with BrF3 were rapidly oxidized to the corresponding acyl fluorides. The reaction is of an ionic nature. The main by-product was found to be the symmetrical ester which originates from the reaction between the acyl fluoride and unreacted starting alcohol.