Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 1320-1324
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20021320
A Simple Method for Preparing Difluorodiiodomethane from Difluoro(fluorosulfonyl)acetyl Fluoride
Ji-Chang Xiao, Jian-Xin Duan, An-Rong Li, Yong Guo and Qing-Yun Chen*
Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, PR China
Abstract
Difluorodiiodomethane is prepared in 60% yield by the reaction of difluoro(fluorosulfonyl)acetyl fluoride with I2/KI in the presence of a catalytic amount of SiO2 in acetonitrile at 60-65 °C.
Keywords: Difluorodiiodomethane; Difluoro(fluorosulfonyl)acetyl fluoride; Silica gel; Iodine; Potassium iodide; Iodination.
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