Abstract
Reaction of phenyltetrafluorophosphorane (III) with 1-pentanol (IV) or 2-pentanol (V) resulted in the formation of olefins and fluoroalkanes considered to have been formed via the olefins. This is in contrast with the fact that the reaction of difluorotriphenylphosphorane (I) and diphenyltrifluorophosphorane (II) with IV and/or V preferentially gives fluoroalkanes thought to have been formed by direct fluorination of the alcohols. The experimental results were investigated by the stereochemistry of phosphorus.
