halogen - 23-11-2004 at 13:37
Hexafluoroacetone + H2O2 -->
Hexa-Fluoro-Acetone-triPeroxide
HFAP + NaI --> HIAP
HIAP being dense, and unstable.
Assuming ideal conditions, how and could HIAP be made?
HNO3 - 23-11-2004 at 19:31
Unless my chemistry book is incorrect, or I am interpreting it wrong, iodine would not replace fluorine, because fuorine has an electronegativity of
4.0, and iodine has an electronegativity of 2.6.
This leaves the reaction stranded at: TFAP + NaI -> no reaction.
neutrino - 23-11-2004 at 19:51
I'm no ochem expert, but it seems very unlikely that a (very strong) C-F bond would be attacked by iodine.
Esplosivo - 23-11-2004 at 22:59
For iodination of the alpha carbons of acetone (propanone) I would proceed by acidic iodination of the acetone, i.e. mixing acetone with KI in H2SO4,
the latter mixture being in excess so to substitute all or most of the 6 alpha-hysrogens.
Marvin - 24-11-2004 at 04:32
I think the problem with replacing F with I is kinetic, not thermodynamic. F is a really really bad leaving group.
I fail to see the point of making the same compound heavier. Sure its more dense, but is that *energy* density or is it dead weight? Why not just
mix AP with lead powder for the same effect?
vulture - 24-11-2004 at 09:35
I doubt a perfluorated compound would even form a peroxide in the first place.
Ochem is anything but maths...