Electrochemical fluorination of several esters derived from oxolane-2-yl-carboxylic acid, oxolane-2-yl-methanol and oxane-2-yl-methanol

Electrochemical fluorination (ECF) of the ester derivatives of oxolane-2-yl-carboxylic acid (1), oxolane-2-yl-methanol (2) and oxane-2-yl-methanol (3) were investigated. Perfluoro(oxolane-2-yl-carbonylfluoride) (4) was obtained from derivatives of 1 and 2, and perfluoro(oxane-2-yl-carbonylfluoride) (5) was obtained from derivatives of 3 as the desired compounds, respectively. From the ECF of acetates of 2 and 3, perfluorospiroethers having a dioxolane ring were also obtained as the cyclization product in low yield together with the desired perfluoroacid fluoride (4 and 5). The structure of these perfluorospiroethers was confirmed by analyzing the chlorinated products, which were obtained by the reaction with AlCl3.