Stojan Stavber,* Petra Kralj,  Marko Zupan

Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, "Jožef Stefan" Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

ABSTRACT

An effective synthetic pathway for direct introduction of a perfluoroalkyl moiety- containing functional groups at the benzylic position in hexamethylbenzene involved treatment of 1-chloromethyl-4-fluoro-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bis(tetra-fluoroborate) (SelectfluorTM F-TEDA-BF4 ) with hexamethylbenzene in the presence of polyfluoro alcohols or potassium salts of perfluoroalkane carboxylic acids.