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US008304580B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,304,580 B2 Nanmyo et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 6, 2012 (54) METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRIS(PER FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS FLUORO-ALKANESULFONYL)METHIDE EP 0813521 B1 * 9/2000 ACID SALT JP 2000-226392 A 8/2000 JP 2000-256348 A 9/2000 (75) Inventors: Tsutomu Nanmyo, Ube (JP); Shintaro JP 2000-256348 A * 9/2000 Sasaki, Ube (JP); Takashi Kume, OTHER PUBLICATIONS KaWagoe (JP) English translation of JP-2000-256348-A; “machine translation” (73) Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited, from JPO link at: http://WWW4.ipd1.inpit.go.jp/Tokujitu/ Ube-shi (JP) tj sogodbenkipdl accessed Oct. 25, 201 1; relevant part of document.* European Search Report dated Jun. 8, 2011 (four (4) pages). ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this Waller et al., “Tris (tri?uoromethanesulfonyl) methide (“Tri?ide”) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Anion: Convenient Preparation, X-ray Crystal Structures, and U.S.C. 154(b) by 528 days. 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Djamila Benrabah et al., “Comparative Electrochemical Study of (65) Prior Publication Data New Poly(oxyethylene)-Li Salt Complexes”, Journal of the Chemi cal Society, Faraday Transactions, 1993, vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 355-359. US 2010/0022803 A1 Jan. 28, 2010 * cited by examiner (30) Foreign Application Priority Data Primary Examiner * Shailendra Kumar Dec. 20, 2006 (JP) ............................... .. 2006-342043 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * CroWell & Moring LLP Dec. 7, 2007 (JP) ............................... .. 2007-317315 Dec. 17, 2007 (JP) ............................... .. 2007-324490 (57) ABSTRACT (51) Int. Cl. There is provided a method for producing a tris(per?uoroal C07C 315/00 (2006.01) kanesulfonyl)methide acid salt represented by formula [1], (52) US. Cl. ....................................................... .. 568/35 including the steps of (a) reacting a methylmagnesium halide (58) Field of Classi?cation Search ................... .. 568/35 represented by formula [2] With a per?uoroalkanesulfonyl See application ?le for complete search history. ?uoride represented by formula [3], thereby obtaining a reac tion mixture; and (b) directly reacting the obtained reaction (56) References Cited mixture With at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metal halides, quaternary ammonium salts, and quater U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS nary phosphonium salts. By this method, it is possible to 5,273,840 A * 12/1993 Dominey .................... .. 429/307 easily produce the target methide acid salt With high yield. 6,410,190 B1 * 6/2002 Ignatiev et al. ............. .. 429/347 6,664,380 B1 12/2003 Barrett et al. 17 Claims, No Drawings US 8,304,580 B2 1 2 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRIS(PER salt industrially more easily With a loWer cost, as compared FLUOROALKANESULFONYL)METHIDE With conventional production methods. ACID SALT According to the present invention, there is provided a method for producing a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide This application is a 371 of PCT/JP2007/074296, ?led acid salt represented by formula [1] Dec. 18, 2007. [Chemical Formula 2] TECHNICAL FIELD IRTSOQhCnM [1] The present invention relates to a method for producing a [In the formula, Rf represents a C1_9 straight-chain or tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid salt. branched-chain per?uoroalkyl group, n represents an integer that is identical With valence of the corresponding cation, and BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION M is a cation representing an alkali metal, quaternary ammo nium represented by (R1) 4N, or quaternary phosphonium rep Tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid salt is a sub resented by (R1)4P. Herein, Rl’s represent C1_9, identical or stance that is useful as a LeWis acid catalyst or ion conducting different, straight-chain or branched-chain, saturated or material in the ?elds of organic syntheses, cell electrolyte, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon groups or aryl groups etc. Hitherto, there have been knoWn many of the method for (herein, the hydrogen atoms may partially or entirely be producing a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid salt, replaced With halogen (?uorine, chlorine, bromine, or Which is the target of the present invention. For example, 20 iodine), alkyl group, amino group, nitro group, acetyl group, Non-patent Publication 1 discloses that a tris(per?uoroal cyano group or hydroxyl group)], comprising the steps of: kanesulfonyl)methide acid salt is obtained by reacting trif (a) reacting a methylmagnesium halide represented by for luoromethanesulfonyl ?uoride With a methylmagnesium mula [2] halide (Grignard reagent). Furthermore, Patent Publication 1 discloses a method for 25 [Chemical Formula 3] obtaining a methide acid salt by conducting a reaction betWeen a per?uoroalkanesulfonyl halide and an alkali metal CH3MgX [2] methane in organic solvent. [In the formula, X represents a chlorine, bromine or iodine.] Non-patent Publication 1: Inorg. Chem., Vol. 27, pages 2135 With a per?uoroalkanesulfonyl ?uoride represented by for 2137, 1988 30 mula [3] Patent Publication 1 : Japanese PatentApplication Publication 2000-226392 [Chemical Formula 4] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION M50; [3] 35 [In the formula, Rf represents a C l_9 straight-chain or In the method of Non-patent Publication 1, as shoWn in the branched-chain per?uoroalkyl group.], thereby obtaining a folloWing scheme, a methide acid magnesium bromide salt reaction mixture; and produced by a reaction betWeen a Grignard reagent and trif (b) directly reacting the obtained reaction mixture With at luoromethanesulfonyl ?uoride is once turned into a methide least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metal acid by sulfuric acid, and furthermore a metal carbonate 40 halides, quaternary ammonium salts, and quaternary phos (herein cesium carbonate) causes this to obtain a methide acid phonium salts. salt (Scheme 1). We have found that a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid salt is obtained With short steps and With high purity and [Chemical Formula 1] high yield, thereby completing the present invention. 45 According to the method described in Non-patent Publica tion 1, after a reaction betWeen methylmagnesium halide and per?uoroalkanesulfonyl ?uoride, a tris(per?uoroalkane sulfonyl)methide acid magnesium halide represented by for mula [4] 50 [Chemical Formula 5] 1/2CO2 (Scheme 1) This method, hoWever, has had a burden on productivity [In the formula, Rf is the same as above, and X represents a and a di?iculty someWhat industrially, since the reaction steps 55 chlorine, bromine or iodine.] are long and since Waste treatment takes time due to use of of a methide acid magnesium bromide salt and the like, Which sulfuric acid. is the obtained reaction mixture, is reacted With sulfuric acid, On the other hand, in Patent Publication 1, it is a production thereby producing a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide method, in Which a methide acid salt is obtained by one step, acid represented by formula [5] and therefore is a very useful method, in contrast With Non 60 patent Publication 1. This method, hoWever, has had a di?i [Chemical Formula 6] culty in industrial production due to that the alkyl metal methane has a high price, that there is a problem of Waste since it is treated With hydrochloric acid after the reaction, [In the formula, Rf is the same as above.] and that the reaction is conducted at around —550 C. 65 and a metal carbonate (herein cesium carbonate) causes this It is an object of the present invention to provide a method to obtain a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid salt rep for producing a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid resented by formula [1]. In this method, hoWever, a burden is US 8,304,580 B2 3 4 placed on productivity, and furthermore purity and yield of during the reaction step. It is possible to cite, for example, the target product loWer. Thus, there has been a di?iculty even ethers such as diethyl ether, diisopropyl ether, t-bu in industrial production. toxymethane, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetrahydrofu The present inventors, hoWever, have obtained surprising ran, and dioxane, and the like. The amount of the solvent used ?ndings that the target product can be obtained by short steps, is suitably selected normally from the range of 05-10 times easily, and With high selectivity and high yield by directly by volume, preferably from the range of 5-7 times by volume, reacting a tris(per?uoroalkanesulfonyl)methide acid magne methylmagnesium halide represented by formula [2]. sium halide With an alkali metal halide (cesium chloride, For the per?uoroalkanesulfonyl ?uoride represented by potassium chloride, or the like), a quaternary ammonium salt formula [3], a C l_9 straight-chain