A novel 1,3,5-tris((alpha),(beta),(beta)-trifluorovinyl)benzene monomer

The reaction of the perfluoroalkenylzinc reagent, CF2CFZnBr, with 1,3,5-tribromobenzene in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd(Ph3)4 yielded a novel trifunctional monomer 1,3,5-tris((alpha),(beta),(beta)-trifluorovinyl)benzene (1).