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Scheme 2.1 Mechanism <strong>of</strong> dehydroxyfluorination <strong>of</strong> allylic alcohols with DAST<br />

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Chapter Two<br />

In 1975 Middleton reported <strong>the</strong> first dehydroxyfluorination using DAST. [2] The reaction<br />

was conducted by slow addition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> alcohol (crotyl alcohol (54) or 3-buten-2-ol (55)) to a<br />

solution <strong>of</strong> DAST in an inert solvent cooled to -50 to -78 ºC, resulting in a mixture <strong>of</strong> two<br />

fluorinated products 1-fluorobut-2-ene (56) <strong>and</strong> 3-fluorobut-1-ene (57) (Table 2.1) (Scheme<br />

2.2). Diglyme was found to be a convenient solvent for <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> low boiling<br />

fluorides as it was possible for <strong>the</strong> product to be distilled out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reaction mixture, whilst<br />

HF, which forms in <strong>the</strong> reaction, remained behind complexed to <strong>the</strong> diglyme. However,<br />

when <strong>the</strong> solvent was changed to isooctane, <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> product formed due to<br />

transposition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> double bond was minimised.<br />

Scheme 2.2 <strong>Syn<strong>the</strong>sis</strong> <strong>of</strong> (56) <strong>and</strong> (57)<br />

Alcohol R 1 R 2 Solvent (56) Yield (%) (57) Yield (%)<br />

(54) Me H Diglyme 28 72<br />

(54) Me H Isooctane 36 64<br />

(55) H Me Diglyme 22 78<br />

(55) H Me Isooctane 9 91<br />

Table 2.1 Reaction <strong>of</strong> allylic alcohols with DAST

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