Reduction potential and relative electron affinity as reactivity indexes perfluoroalkyl halides

Simulations of Adiabatic Electrochemical Reduction of the CF3I Molecule—Assessment of Different Models

“…16 In the works of Sonoyama and Sakata, the reduction of CF 3 Cl at 13 different metals in the 1:1 mixture of water and methanol, 12 as well as at the Ag electrode in acetonitrile and additionally in the presence of carbon dioxide, 13 was investigated as a method of conversion of trifluoromethyl chloride into other compounds. In the work of Rozhkov et al, 28 the potential of electrochemical reduction of CF 3 I on Pt in CH 3 CN was reported. Electroreduction of the same molecule also in acetonitrile, but on a glassy carbon electrode, in the absence and the presence of cobaloximes was studied by Volodin et al 29 The essential step in such reactions is the transfer of an electron from the electrode to the neutral CF 3 X (X = Cl,Br,I) molecules, which in solutions occurs with the simultaneous rupture of the C−X bond and formation of the radical CF 3 and anion X¯.…”