Esterification of 1, 2-dichloro-1, 1, 2-trifluoro-2-methoxyethane with AlF m (OH) 3− m

H Quan, M Tamura, R Gao, A Sekiya

Index: Quan, Heng-Dao; Tamura, Masanori; Gao, Ren-Xiao; Sekiya, Akira Tetrahedron, 2001 , vol. 57, # 19 p. 4111 - 4114

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Abstract

Porous AlFm (OH) 3− m was prepared by heating AlF3· 3H2O. Methyl chlorodifluoroacetate was synthesized in 77% yield by the reaction of 1, 2-dichloro-1, 1, 2-trifluoro-2- methoxyethane with AlFm (OH) 3− m. The reaction mechanism was inferred in terms of surface property of AlFm (OH) 3− m.