Addition of bis(trimethylsilyl)mercury to fluoro-olefins: isolation of intermediate 1 : 1-adducts

Abstract

Under u.v. irradiation, bis(trimethylsilyl)mercury displaces halogen from fluoro-olefins (C₂F₄, C₃F₆, cyclo-C₄F₈, CF₂ : CFCl, CF₂ : CF·SiMe₃, CF₃·CF : CF·SiMe₃, [graphic omitted]·SiMe₃) to give fluorovinyltrimethylsilanes of type Me₃Si·[graphic omitted]F and Me₃Si·[graphic omitted]·SiMe₃; intermediate 1 : 1-adducts of olefins and mercurial of type Me₃Si·[graphic omitted]·Hg·SiMe₃ have been isolated from some reactions.