Preparation of allenyl perfluoroalkyl sulfones from perfluoroalkyl sulfinyl chlorides and their reactions with secondary amines and water were studied. At room temperature secondary amines reacted readily with allenyl perfluoroalkyl sulfones to give the corresponding enamine adducts, which underwent rearrangement to afford conjugate enamines in refluxing toluene. Good diastereoslectivities were observed in the addition of diethylamine to 7-ethyl-7-methylallenyl perfluoroalkyl sulfones. In refluxing acetonitrile, water could also undergo the similar addition with allenyl perfluoroalkyl sulfones.
4-Trifluoromethyl-1,2-dihydropyrimidines were synthesized in moderate yields by the one-pot reaction of 4-ethoxy-1,1,1-trifluoro-3-buten-2-one, aldehydes and ammonia catalyzed by zinc chloride under mild conditions.
β-Allenic α-difluoromethylenephosphonic acid monoesters were prepared under mild conditions for the first time by hydrolyzing the corresponding diethyl phosphonates in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution.
