“…The same trend is observed in 19 F NMR spectra of compounds 5a, b, 7a, b, 11a, b (see Table 1), for which the resonances of fluorines in the anti-position (minor isomers) are always shifted downfield relative to the resonances of syn-fluorines (major isomers). These data are also in good agreement with the reported chemical shifts for polyfluorinated tricyclononenoxetanes [14] and tricyclononenazacyclobutanes [15] containing fluorine and fluoroalkyl substituents at C-4 carbon.…”