ChemInform Abstract: Perfluorovinylamines: Reactions of the Perfluorovinyl Group with Nucleophiles and Electrophiles

The chemistry of acyclic and heterocyclic perfluoro-N-vinylamines has been investigated extensively for the first time. The reaction of these compounds with electrophiles is equally facile when compared to those with nucleophiles even under very mild conditions. With nitrogen based nucleophiles such as ammonia, methylamine, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine, R f CHFCN and R f CHFCF=NR [R f =CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 N or CF 2 CF 2 OCF 2 CF 2 N and R=CH 3 or CH 2 CF 3 ] are obtained, respectively