Reaction of allene esters with Selectfluor/TMSX (X = I, Br, Cl) and Selectfluor/NH₄SCN: Competing oxidative/electrophilic dihalogenation and nucleophilic/conjugate addition

• A. Srinivas Reddy and
• Kenneth K. Laali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1641–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.180

• ; Selectfluor; TMSX and NH4SCN; Introduction Whereas the synthetic potential of SelectfluorTM (F-TEDA-BF4) as an efficient, mild, and selective reagent for fluoro-functionalization of organic compounds is widely recognized and exploited [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10], its ability to act as mediator or