The "chlorination/fluorination" technique for aliphatic trifluoromethyl ether synthesis was investigated and a range of products with various functional groups was prepared. The results were compared with oxidative desulfurization-fluorination of xanthates with the same structure.
Keywords: antimony trifluoride; chlorination; fluorination; hydrogen fluoride; oxidative desulfurization-fluorination; trifluoromethyl ethers.