“…Two fluoroaliphatic dicarboxylic acids, 4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7-octafluorodecanedioic acid (3a) and 4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9-dodecafluorododecanedioic acid (3 b), were synthesized virtually according to the method of Urata and Fuchikami 12) in two steps starting from the a ,x-diiodoperfluoroalkanes, 1,4-diiodoperfluorobutane (1a) and 1,6-diiodoperfluorohexane (1b), respectively (Scheme 1). In the first step, the ethylene insertion into a ,x-diiodoperfluoroalkanes 1a and 1 b in the presence of iron carbonyl in an autoclave afforded readily 1, …”