Hexafluoropropylene oxide

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Hexafluoropropylene oxide

IUPAC name 2,2,3-Trifluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)oxirane
Other names trifluoro(trifluoromethyl)oxirane
Identifiers
Abbreviations	HFPO
CAS number	428-59-1
PubChem	9883
ChemSpider	9499
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES FC(F)(F)C1(F)OC1(F)F
InChI InChI=1S/C3F6O/c4-1(2(5,6)7)3(8,9)10-1 Key: PGFXOWRDDHCDTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/C3F6O/c4-1(2(5,6)7)3(8,9)10-1 Key: PGFXOWRDDHCDTE-UHFFFAOYAQ
Properties
Molecular formula	C₃F₆O
Molar mass	166.02 g/mol
Appearance	colourless gas
Boiling point	-27.4
Solubility in water	nonpolar solvents
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Infobox references

Hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) is an intermediate used in industrial organofluorine chemistry; specifically it is a monomer for fluoropolymers. This colourless gas is the epoxide of hexafluoropropylene, that is fluorinated analog of propylene oxide, HFPO is produced by DuPont and 3M and as a precursor to the lubricant Krytox and related materials. It is generated by oxidation of perfluoropropylene, e.g. with oxygen as well as other oxidants.^[1]

Reactivity

Fluoride catalyzes the formation of the perfluorinated polyethers. The initial step entails nucleophilic attack at the middle carbon to give the perfluoropropoxide anion, which in turn attacks another monomer. This process generates a polymer terminated by an acyl fluoride, which is hydrolyzed to the carboxylic acid which is decarboxylated with fluorine. The net polymerization reaction can be represented as:

n+2 CF₃CFCF₂O → CF₃CF₂CF₂O(CF(CF₃)CF₂O)_nCF₂CF₃ + CO

Upon heating above 150 °C, HFPO decomposes to trifluoroacetyl fluoride and difluorocarbene:

CF₃CFCF₂O → CF₃C(O)F + CF₂

The epoxide of tetrafluoroethylene is even more unstable with respect to trifluoracetyl fluoride.

In the presence of Lewis acids the compound rearranges to hexafluoroacetone, another important chemical intermediate.

References

↑ Günter Siegemund, Werner Schwertfeger, Andrew Feiring, Bruce Smart, Fred Behr, Herward Vogel, Blaine McKusick “Fluorine Compounds, Organic” Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002. doi:10.1002/14356007.a11_349

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