1,1,2,2,9,9,10,10-Octafluoro[2.2]paracyclophane is a synthetic chemical compound used in cross-coupling reactions. It is an isomer of the more common 1-fluorocyclopropane and has been shown to have a shorter reaction time than 1-fluorocyclopropane. The compound's spectroscopic properties are similar to those of 1-fluorocyclopropane. The compound was synthesized by reacting nitrobenzene with cyclopentadiene in the presence of boronic acids and aluminum chloride. The mass spectrum of this compound shows peaks corresponding to the molecular ion at m/e=256, and its fragmentation pattern corresponds to a monosubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon.