Patent ID: 7495135

Claim:
A method for synthesizing an alkene fluoroalkanol, comprising contacting (a) an olefinic reactant directly substituted on an olefinic carbon atom with a substituted or unsubstituted methyl group 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 substituted or unsubstituted methyl group is of the formula —CHR 1 R 2 , such that 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; R 2 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl; R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl; and further wherein any two of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 may be taken together to form a ring, and wherein the fluorinated ketone has the structure of formula (II) wherein: R 6 is a fluorinated group selected from substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, (fluorinated C 2 -C 24 acyl)-substituted methyl, (fluorinated C 2 -C 24 acyl)-substituted difluoromethyl, and —(CO)—R in which R is halo, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, C 1 -C 24 alkylamino, or di(C 1 -C 24 alkyl)amino; and R 7 is fluorinated C 1 -C 24 alkyl, with the proviso that, when the olefinic reactant is not pinene, butenyl methyl ether, isopropenyl methyl ether, exo-2-methylene norbornane, 5-vinyl-2-norbornene, exo-methylene cyclopentane, or exo-methylene cyclohexane, R 6 and R 7 are different or taken together to form a ring.