Hydrogenolysis of aliphatic carbon-fluorine bonds in fluoroalkyl-iridium complexes to give hydrofluorocarbons

RP Hughes, JM Smith

Index: Hughes, Russell P.; Smith, Jeremy M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999 , vol. 121, # 25 p. 6084 - 6085

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Abstract

The chemical inertness of saturated perfluorocarbons (PFCs) arises in large part from the strength of the aliphatic CF bond, the strongest single bond formed by carbon. 1 The stoichiometric and catalytic activation of these normally inert CF bonds has been the subject of considerable interest among transition metal chemists. 2-4 In contrast to aromatic fluorocarbons for which a variety of functionalization reactions have been reported, 3, 5-7 ...