Efficient 1,4-addition of α-substituted fluoro(phenylsulfonyl)methane derivatives to α,β-unsaturated compounds

• G. K. Surya Prakash,
• Xiaoming Zhao,
• Sujith Chacko,
• Fang Wang,
• Habiba Vaghoo and
• George A. Olah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 17, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.17

• " nucleophiles that readily undergo 1,2-addition with Michael type acceptors instead of 1,4-addition [14][15][16]. Different strategies have been employed to achieve 1,4-addition, which is still percieved to be a challenge. For instance, Yamamoto [17] and Röschenthaler [18][19] have made use of bulky aluminum

• Lewis acids to protect the carbonyl of Michael acceptors and thus sucessfully transferred the trifluoromethyl anion generated from the "Ruppert-Prakash reagent" (TMS-CF3) in a 1,4-manner rather than the favored 1,2-addition. Portella et al. [20] have shown that 1,4-addition of difluoroenoxysilanes to