Facile preparation and conversion of 4,4,4-trifluorobut-2-yn-1-ones to aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds

• Takashi Yamazaki,
• Yoh Nakajima,
• Minato Iida and
• Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 132–138, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.14

• -ones by the oxidation of the readily accessible corresponding propargylic alcohols as well as their utilization as Michael acceptors for the construction of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds are reported. Keywords: CF3-containing propargylic alcohols; CF3-containing ynones; oxidation; pyrimidines

• group is an important task. During our research in the field of fluorine chemistry, we have previously developed methods to get convenient access to CF3-containing propargylic alcohols 1 using 2-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene [4][5] as well as 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene [6] as a substrate and to

Base-promoted isomerization of CF₃-containing allylic alcohols to the corresponding saturated ketones under metal-free conditions

• Yoko Hamada,
• Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka and
• Takashi Yamazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1507–1512, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.149

• pm was found to be only 2.4 pm longer than the same bond in protonated DABCO which would be one of the major reasons why the weaker base Et3N did not work for this reaction. Conclusion As shown above, our original isomerization of CF3-containing propargylic alcohols 1F to the corresponding α,β

Regioselective carbon–carbon bond formation of 5,5,5-trifluoro-1-phenylpent-3-en-1-yne

• Motoki Naka,
• Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka and
• Takashi Yamazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2182–2188, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.256

• alkyne eventually captured appropriate aldehydes to afford CF3-containing propargylic alcohols 2 [8][9][10][11][12]. Alternatively, stereospecific and exclusive construction of the corresponding allylic alcohols 3 was attained by utilization of greater than 1.7 equiv of MeLi where the stabilized