Patent ID: 8716534

Claim:
A method for synthesizing an alkene fluoroalkanol, comprising contacting (a) an olefinic reactant with (b) a fluorinated ketone, under reaction conditions and for a time period effective to allow addition of the olefinic reactant to the carbonyl carbon of the fluorinated ketone, wherein the olefinic reactant has the structure of formula (I) wherein: R 1 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, C 1 -C 24 alkoxy, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkoxy, wherein the substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl is not fluorinated C 1 -C 24 hydroxyalkyl; R 2 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, wherein the substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl is not fluorinated C 1 -C 24 hydroxyalkyl and further wherein not more than one of R 1 and R 2 is H; and R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, provided that two of R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are taken together to form a ring, wherein the contacting produces an alkaline fluoroalkanol that has the structure of Formula (III) wherein R 1 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, C 1 -C 24 alkoxy, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkoxy, wherein the substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl is not fluorinated C 1 -C 24 hydroxyalkyl; R 2 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, wherein the substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl is not fluorinated C 1 -C 24 hydroxyalkyl and further wherein not more than one of R 1 and R 2 is H; and R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, provided that two of R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are taken together to form a ring; R 6 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, C 3 -C 25 acylmethyl, (fluorinated C 2 -C 24 acyl)-substituted methyl, (fluorinated C 2 -C 24 acyl)-substituted difluoromethyl, and —(CO)—R in which R is hydrogen, hydroxyl, halo, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, amino, C 1 -C 24 alkylamino, or di(C 1 -C 24 alkyl)amino; and R 7 is C 1 -C 24 alkyl or fluorinated C 1 -C 24 alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of R 6 and R 7 is fluorinated.