Selective dissociation of CF3I in a CO2-laser infrared field in the presence of acceptors

It is shown that the addition of acceptors of the CF₃ radical considerably increases the observed CF₃I molecule dissociation yield and has only a slight effect on the selectivity of the process. Practically complete conversion of the initial substance into the products CF₃NO and CF₃Br was achieved. The possibility is indicated of devising an efficient process for obtaining a ¹³C-rich product.