Widening the alkyl hypofluorite family. On the existence of ethyl hypofluorite

Shlomo Rozen*, Arie Bar-Haim

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Abstract

Unlike methanol and t-butanol, most other alcohols do not form alkyl hypofluorites when reacting with fluorine, since immediate HF elimination takes place even at low temperatures. Notable exceptions to this trend are the two deuterated ethanols CD3CD2OD and CH3CD2OH, which do produce the corresponding hypofluorites. Their identification and some of the reasons for this exclusive behavior are outlined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)229-231
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Fluorine Chemistry
Volume74
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1995

Keywords

  • Alkyl hypofluorites
  • Deuterated ethyl hypofluorite
  • NMR spectroscopy

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