Organic fluorine compounds. Part XLI. The reaction of hydrofluoric acid with cycloalkene epoxides
Abstract
Aliphatic and simple cycloalkene epoxides fail to undergo transformation into fluorohydrins on treatment with hydrofluoric acid. A certain rigidity of the carbocyclic system is necessary for the reaction to be successful. Electron-withdrawing groups inhibit the ring-opening reactions even in rigid systems.