Telomerisation of trifluoroethylene with dimethyl phosphite. Part 1. Preparation of the monoadduct

The radical telomerisation of trifluoroethylene (TrFE) with dimethyl phosphite (DMP) was investigated to synthesize fluorinated telomers bearing a phosphonate end-group. An optimization was achieve to lead to the best experimental conditions to obtain high yields of the monoadduct.