Mechanistic Studies on Fluorobenzene Synthesis from 1, 1-Difluorocyclohexane via Pd-Catalyzed Dehydrofluoro-Dehydrogenation

M Tojo, S Fukuoka, H Tsukube

Index: Tojo, Masahiro; Fukuoka, Shinsuke; Tsukube, Hiroshi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2011 , vol. 84, # 3 p. 333 - 340

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Abstract

The chemical reactivity and reaction mechanism of fluorobenzene synthesis via dehydrofluoro–dehydrogenation of 1, 1-difluorocyclohexane was investigated. 1, 1- Difluorocyclohexane reacted with molecular oxygen to give fluorobenzene in good yields in the presence of both Pd and metal fluoride catalysts. The reaction proceeded with dehydrofluorination of 1, 1-difluorocyclohexane to yield 1-fluorocyclohexene as the sole ...