Chemical Properties
liquid
Uses
Perfluorohexyl Iodide is an important intermediate in the synthesis of organic fluorides products. It also exhibits estrogenic activity in vitro. Perfluorohexyl Iodide is used in the screening assay for binding affinities of perfluoroalkyl iodide for estrogen receptor alpha and beta isoforms.
General Description
Perfluorohexyl iodide forms 1:1 complexes with a variety of hydrogen-bond acceptors. It has been grafted onto the isocitronellene/propene copolymer by radical reaction yielding a poly(α-olefin) with fluorinated side chains. The radical addition of perfluorohexyl iodide to vinyl acetate, using azo-
bis( isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as an initiator, has been investigated.
Safety Profile
Explodes in contact with sodium when heated to the boiling point of the iodide. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Fí and Ií.
Synthesis
To an autoclave (stainless steel, volume:1L) equipped with a mixing tank and a stirrer, C4F9I which compound (1) flow rate 25mL/min, CF2=CF2 (tetrafluoroethylene) which compound (2) flow rate 0.37g/min, (C2F5COO)2 (10 and half hour life temperature: 31°C) which compound (4) flow rate 0.052 mmol/min were supplied, the mixture was prepared by mixing at stirrer. Temperature in the autoclave was 10°C, residence time of the mixture in the autoclave was 10 minutes. The molar ratio (C4F9I/CF2=CF2)of C4F9I and CF2=CF2 in the mixed solution was 41, the amount of (C2F5COO)2 with respect to C4F9I was 0.034 mol%. Only the mixture from the bottom of the autoclave was withdrawn in the absence of gas phase, the mixture was fed to the bottom of tubular reactor (Tankan-shiki, volume: 0.5L). The mixture was not seperated by gas-liquid separation, the mixture was flow towards the outlet from the inlet of the reaction tube in the tube reactor. The temperature of the reaction tube, and a 70°C, the residence time of the mixture in the tubular reactor was set to 20 minutes. The mixture containing a compound Perfluoro-1-iodohexane C6F13I was obtained.
