Bell, Leland Guinn2014-03-142014-03-141961-05-05etd-11092012-040255http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45578The preparation of 3-trifluoronethyl-2,5-dihydrothiophene 1,1- dioxide (I) was attempted by means of a modified Diels-Alder reaction of 2- trifluoromethyl-1,3-butadiene (II) and sulfur dioxide. Evidence is given to support the structure of the product of the Diels-Alder reaction as that assigned to I.iv, 51 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1961.B455DioxideThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11092012-040255/