The Free-Radical Chemistry of Fluoroketones. II. Reaction with Unsaturated Compounds

Free radicals induce two principal types of interaction between fluoro-ketones and olefins, both of which lead to polymeric products. Copolym-erization of the fluoroketone through its carbonyl group leads to poly-ethers. Hydrogen abstraction, presumed to be largely intramolecular, also occurs to give highly branched polymers with fluoroalcohol groups at terminal positions on the branches.