Department of Chemistry, Trinity Western University, 22500 University Drive, Langley, BC V2Y 1Y1, Canada
Nathan J. Weeks
Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, Laboratories for Advanced Materials, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA
Scott T. Iacono
Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, Laboratories for Advanced Materials, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA
The title compound was synthesized at a near-quantitative yield using the nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) with perfluoropyridine (PFP). The purity and structure were determined by NMR (1H, 13C, 19F), GC-EIMS, and single-crystal X-ray crystallography.
