STUDIES OF THE REACTIONS OF MOLECULAR FLUORINE WITH METHANE, ACETYLENE, ETHYLENE, ALLENE, AND OTHER SMALL HYDROCARBONS IN MATRICES AT LOW-TEMPERATURES

Reactions of molecular fluorine with small hydrocarbons were studied in fluorine and argon-fluorine matrices. Certain hydrocarbons (methane, acetylene, benzene, ethane, etc.) could be condensed into a pure fluorine matrix without reaction. Ethylene and allene could also be condensed in fluorine without reaction, but did react when exposed to light in the wavelength region from 1 to 4 μ. The ethylene reaction produced either 1,2-gauche-and trans-difluoroethane or vinyl fluoride and hydrogen fluoride. Propylene, butadiene, and cyclohexene reacted (spontaneously) with molecular fluorine in low-temperature matrices. © 1979, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.