Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Polymers by Functionalization of cis-1,4-Polyisoprene with Hypervalent Iodine Compounds

Hypervalent (HV) iodine(III) compounds with fluorine-containing ligands reacted, in the presence of iodine or copper salts, with the double bonds in cis-1,4-polyisoprene (polyIP) to afford fluorine-containing polymers. This article describes the use of NMR Predictors to predict the chemical shifts of low molecular weight analogs of modified polyIP.