Electrolytic partial fluorination of organic compounds. Part 37: Selective electrolytic fluorination of dimethoxyethane, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and crown ethers

✍ Scribed by Yankun Hou; Toshio Fuchigami

• Book ID: 104262405
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 208 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(99)01627-5

✦ Synopsis

The anodic fluorination of dimethoxyethane (DME) and diethylene glycol dimethyl ether in acetonitrile containing a fluoride salt provided moderate yields of the corresponding monofluoromethyl ethers. The anodic fluorination of crown ethers resulted in carbon-carbon bond cleavage which led to the selective production of a,o3-difluoro products with high yields.