NEW PERFLUOROALKANES OBTAINED BY PHOTOCHEMICAL FLUORINATION AND USE THEREOF AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATORS

摘要

The present invention relates to branched perfluoroalkanes which, having bonds between a quaternary carbon atom and a tertiary carbon atom, easily undergo a homolytic scission of the C-C bond thereby releasing (non-persistent) radicals which may be used as initiators of polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. A further object of the present invention are new perfluoroalkanes having at least 9 carbon atoms belonging to the above described group.