“…Perfluoro-2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene (3) has been prepared by pyrolysis (300-350 8C) of perfluoro-2-enylsilver in 56% yield [38], by pyrolysis (300 8C) of 1,3-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-2,2,4,4-tetrafluorobicyclobutane [39] and by fragmentation of C 2 F 5 (CF 3 )C C(CF 3 )C 2 F 5 (Pt/5308-700 8C) [40]. Low yields, cyclization by-products and the use of toxic or expensive reagents plagued these previous reports.…”