Preparation of polyfluorinated cycloalk-1-enyl-, alk-1-enyl-, and alkyliodine tetrafluorides using XeF2 in the presence of appropriate Lewis acids as fluorooxidant

Previously unknown polyfluorocyclohexenyl, and acyclic perfluoroalkenyliodine tetrafluorides were prepared in high yields. Perfluorocyclohex-1-enyliodine tetrafluoride was obtained from pentafluoroiodobenzene using XeF2–NbF5 in aHF. The reaction of C6F5I with the weaker fluorooxidant XeF2–BF3 in 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (PFB) yielded C6F5IF2, perfluorocyclohexa-1,4-dienyliodine difluoride, C6F5IF4, perfluorocyclohexa-1,4, and 1,3-dienyliodine tetrafluoride as intermediate products on parallel reaction routes. Both perfluoroalkenyl iodides, cis- and trans-(CF3)2CFCFCFI, reacted with XeF2–BF3 in PFB to give the corresponding perfluoroalkenyliodine tetrafluorides, cis- and trans-(CF3)2CFCFCFIF4. Even perfluoroalkyl iodides can be fluorinated by this reagent as was demonstrated by the preparation of C6F13IF4 from C6F13I. Generally, the CFCIFn fragment (n = 0, 2, or 4) in cyclic or acyclic perfluoroalkenyliodine compounds RFIFn did not undergo a transformation to the corresponding perfluoroalkyliodine compound. Furthermore, no perfluoroorganoiodine hexafluorides were detected in reactions with the fluorooxidant XeF2–aHF or BF3 or NbF5.