TY - JOUR A1 - Ariamajd, Armin A1 - Gerwien, Nils J. A1 - Schwabe, Benjamin A1 - Dix, Stefan A1 - Hopkinson, Matthew N. T1 - Benzothiazolium salts as reagents for the deoxygenative perfluoroalkylthiolation of alcohols JF - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry PY - 2021/// VL - 17 SP - 83 EP - 88 SN - 1860-5397 DO - 10.3762/bjoc.17.8 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Org. Chem. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.17.8 KW - alcohols KW - benzothiazolium salts KW - deoxygenative reactions KW - fluorine KW - perfluoroalkylthiolation KW - thioethers N2 - A series of 2-(perfluoroalkylthio)benzothiazolium (BT-SRF) salts have been synthesized that serve as convenient sources of hitherto underexplored perfluoroalkylthiolate anions. An investigation of their reactivity in a deoxygenative nucleophilic substitution reaction led to the development of an unprecedented process that provides pentafluoroethyl and heptafluoropropyl thioethers directly from readily available alcohols. ER -