KobayashiSatoru, YamamotoYouko, AmiiHideki
Dec 5, 2000
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Chemistry Letters
Abstract
Thermal dimerization of 2,2-difluoro enol silyl ethers led to 3,3,4,4-tetrafluorocyclobutanes. The [2+2] cycloaddition proceeded in a “head-to-head” fashion to afford the cyclobutanes containing the trans and cis stereoisomers. The cyclobutanes were transformed to tetrafluorocyclobutane-1,2-diols by desilylation.