Abstract
Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is an industrial organofluorine feedstock that is used predominantly
to fabricate fluorinated polymers. TFE exhibits excellent potential as a building
block for synthesizing organofluorine compounds, which are increasingly gaining attention
as functional materials, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals. In particular, the use
of transition-metal complexes in the transformation of TFE is of great interest, considering
their widespread use in syntheses of organofluorine compounds over the last few decades.
This review highlights studies on the transformation of TFE into organofluorine compounds
using transition-metal complexes, except for polymerizations. Our review covers cross-coupling
reactions via C–F bond cleavage, fluoroalkylation reactions, multicomponent couplings,
and olefin metathesis.
1 Introduction
2 Palladium Complexes
3 Copper Complexes
4 Nickel Complexes
5 Ruthenium Complexes
6 Rhodium Complexes
7 Summary and Perspective
Key words
tetrafluoroethylene - palladium - copper - nickel - ruthenium - rhodium - organofluorine
compounds