“…A procedure for preparation of fluoroalkyl tosylates is described by Zhu et al, 14 and we have used an analogous procedure to prepare fluoroalkyl mesylates (Table 1). 24,29,32,34,36,39 other bases were used such as sodium or potassium hydroxide 2a, 24,41 3a, 30,35 5a, 42,43 pyridine 1a, 44 diisopropylamine 4b, 39 DABCO 1a. 45 For compound 1b different conditions also used SbCl5.…”