Is there a way to sythesize this compound from GAA or by another method within the reach of clandestine chemistry?
shove it to newbee or aquisition if ya like but I got nothing from TFSE or the Net.
the MERCK didn´t help me:
Monograph number: Title: Trifluoracetic Acid .
CAS Registry number: 76-05-1
Additional name(s): Perfluoroacetic acid
Molecular formula: C2HF3O2
Molecular weight: Percent Composition: C 21.07%, H 0.88%, F 49.99%, O 28,06%
Line Formula: CF3COOH
Literature references: Prepn: F. Swarts, Bull. Sci. Acad. Roy. Belg. 8, 343 (1922); by oxidation of fluorine olefins: A. L. Henne, U.S. pat. 2,371,757 (1945 to du Pont); A. L. Henne et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 67, 918 (1945). Improved prepn: A. L. Henne, P. Trott, ibid. 69, 1820 (1947). Photo chemical prepn: R. N. Hazeldine, F. Nyman, J. Chem. Soc. 1959, 387; eidem, ibid. 420. Toxicity and metabolism: M. M. Airaksinen, T. Tammisto, Ann. Med. Exp. Biol. Fenn. 46, 242 (1968). Review: J. B. Milne in Chem. Non-Aqueous Solvents vol. 5B, J. J. Lagowski, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 1978) pp 1-52.
Properties: Liquid, sharp biting odor. bp 72.4degrees . mp minus15.4degrees . d 20 1.5351 . Miscible with ether, acetone, ethanol, benzene, CCl 4 , hexane. Strong, non-oxidizing acid. pka 0.3. LD 50 i.v. in mice: 1200 mg/kg (Airaksinen, Tammisto) .
Density: d 20 Boiling point: bp 72.4 Melting Point: minus15.4
USE: In organic synthesis; dissolves protein when mixed with liquid SO 2 .
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