First Advisor

Gary L. Gard

Date of Publication

1989

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Sciences and Resources: Chemistry

Department

Environmental Science and Management

Language

English

Subjects

Fluorine compounds, Sulfonic acids, Esters

DOI

10.15760/etd.1249

Physical Description

1 online resource (2, ix, 278 pages)

Abstract

Sulfur trioxide (SO₃) adds to fluoroolefins of the form RCF=CF₂, (where R = F, SF₅, CF₃, CF₃OCF₂, CF₂=CF(CF₂)₂, CF₃(CF₂)₃O, CF₃O(CF₂)₂OCF₂, or CH₂ClCHClCH₂), yielding the fluorinated [beta]-sultones, RCFCF₂OSO₂. In the case of CF₃(CF₂)₃OCF=CF₂, a reverse addition occurs, giving the sultone, CF₃(CF₂)₃CF₂2OCFCF₂SO₂O. The fluoro [beta]-sultones are capable of undergoing different reactions, such as rearrangement, hydrolysis, esterification, and polymerization. These reactions, will result in the formation of compounds containing the fluorosulfonyl grouping (SO₂F); it is this group that yields the corresponding sulfonic acid upon base/acid treatment.

The addition of sodium bisulfite to CF₃CF= CF₂ and CF₃(CF₂)₄CF=CF₂ in the presence of (C₆H₅CO)₂O₂ and Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O was also studied to produce the corresponding sulfonic acid hydrates of the general formula, R[subscript f]CFHCF₂SO₃H·nH₂O. These acids were prepared, and thus, tested as possible fuel cell electrolytes.

Infrared, ¹H and ¹⁹F nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra, as well as elemental analyses, will be presented in order to support the proposed structures for the resulted compounds.

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