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The perfluorinated alcohols (F5C6)(F3C)2COH and (F5C6)(F10C5)COH: synthesis, theoretical and acidity studies, spectroscopy and structures in the solid state and the gas phase†

Nils Trapp,‡a   Harald Scherer,‡a   Stuart A. Hayes,§b   Raphael J. F. Berger,§b   Agnes Kütt,c   Norbert W. Mitzel,§b   Jaan Saamec  and  Ingo Krossing‡*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie and Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum FMF, Albertstr. 21, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
E-mail: krossing@uni-freiburg.de
Fax: +49 76 1203 6001

b Universität Bielefeld, Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany.

c Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, 14a Ravila Street, 50411 Tartu, Estonia.

Abstract

The syntheses of the perfluorinated alcohols (F5C6)(F3C)2COH (1) and (F5C6)(C5F10)COH (2) are described. Both compounds were prepared in reasonable yields (1: 65%, 2: 85%) by reacting the corresponding ketone with C6F5MgBr, followed by acidic work-up. The alcohols were characterized by NMR, vibrational spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, acidity measurements and gas-phase electron diffraction. A combination of appropriate 2D NMR experiments allowed the unambiguous assignment of all signals in the 19F spin systems, of which that of 2 was especially complex. High acidity of the alcohols is indicated by acidity measurements as well as the calculated gas phase acidities. It is also supported by the crystal structure of 2, which exhibits only a single weak intermolecular hydrogen bridge with an O⋯O distance of 301 pm. This shows the low donor strength of the oxygen atom in the compound, which is partly compensated through formation of two intramolecular CF⋯H contacts of 220 and 232 pm length to the proton not involved in the hydrogen bridge. The pKa values in acetonitrile are 22.2 for 1 and 22.0 for 2; their calculated gas phase acidities are 1367 and 1343 kJ mol−1 (MP2/TZVPP level).

Graphical abstract: The perfluorinated alcohols (F5C6)(F3C)2COH and (F5C6)(F10C5)COH: synthesis, theoretical and acidity studies, spectroscopy and structures in the solid state and the gas phase

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CP02596H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Nov 2010
Accepted
21 Jan 2011
First published
25 Feb 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 6184-6191

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The perfluorinated alcohols (F5C6)(F3C)2COH and (F5C6)(F10C5)COH: synthesis, theoretical and acidity studies, spectroscopy and structures in the solid state and the gas phase

N. Trapp, H. Scherer, S. A. Hayes, R. J. F. Berger, A. Kütt, N. W. Mitzel, J. Saame and I. Krossing, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 6184 DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02596H

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