Pyrolysis of branched-chain perfluoroalkanes in the presence of halogens

C Tonelli, V Tortelli

Index: Tonelli, Claudio; Tortelli, Vito Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1994 , vol. 67, # 2 p. 125 - 128

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Abstract

Abstract The thermal decomposition of some highly branched perfluoroalkanes in the presence of molecular halogens (Cl 2, Br 2, I 2) has been studied. The clear-cut cleavage of the most hindered carbon-carbon bond and the trapping by halogens of the intermediate radicals so formed account for the product distribution. Kinetic measurements support a mechanism based on homolytic rupture of the perfluoroalkanes as the rate-determining ...