title: Perfluoroalkylation of Alkenes by Frustrated Lewis Pairs.
abstract: The activation of perfluoroalkyl iodides by the frustrated Lewis pair tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane and tri-tert-butylphosphine is described. By abstraction of both a fluorine and an iodine atom, an iodophosphonium fluoroborate salt is formed. In the presence of alkenes the corresponding iodoperfluoroalkylation products are generated regioselectively. First mechanistic investigations support a radical mechanism.
authors: Institute for Organic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
authors: Ilona
authors: I
authors: Behrends
authors: Institute for Organic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany.|Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Bähr
authors: Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors: Constantin
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-8686
authors: C
authors: Czekelius
keywords: alkenes; boranes; fluoroalkylation; frustrated Lewis pairs; halogenation