Synthesis of trifluoromethyl ketones by nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of esters under a fluoroform/KHMDS/triglyme system

• Yamato Fujihira,
• Yumeng Liang,
• Makoto Ono,
• Kazuki Hirano,
• Takumi Kagawa and
• Norio Shibata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 431–438, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.39

• biologically attractive trifluoromethyl ketones from readily available methyl esters using the potent greenhouse gas fluoroform (HCF3, HFC-23) was developed. The combination of fluoroform and KHMDS in triglyme at −40 °C was effective for this transformation, with good yields as high as 92%. Substrate scope of

• under the reaction conditions was also explored. Keywords: fluoroform; greenhouse gas; HFC-23; trifluoromethyl ketones; trifluoromethylation; Introduction In recent decades, organofluorine molecules have received widespread attention in the field of medicinal chemistry [1][2][3][4]. The introduction

• cost of target compounds [11][12][13][14][15]. Thus, the development of low-cost and straightforward chemical synthetic technologies, including fluorination and trifluoromethylation, are matters of considerable importance to pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Fluoroform (HCF3, HFC-23) is an

Copper-based fluorinated reagents for the synthesis of CF₂R-containing molecules (R ≠ F)

• Louise Ruyet and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1051–1065, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.92

• pentafluoroethylation of aromatic derivatives [74] (2 examples). In 2015, Grushin and co-workers further investigated the functionalization of vinyl halides with CuRF reagents generated from inexpensive fluoroform (RF = CF3) and pentafluoroethane (CF3CF2H) [75]. Both trifluoromethylation and pentafluoethylation of

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• popular nucleophilic trifluoromethylating reagent is certainly the trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane, CF3SiMe3, known as the Ruppert–Prakash reagent discovered in 1984 by Ruppert and applied for trifluoromethylation in 1989 by Prakash and Olah. More recently, renewed investigation on the use of fluoroform

Carbon–carbon bond cleavage for Cu-mediated aromatic trifluoromethylations and pentafluoroethylations

• Tsuyuka Sugiishi,
• Hideki Amii,
• Kohsuke Aikawa and
• Koichi Mikami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2661–2670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.286

• . and Buchwald et al. used the Ruppert–Prakash reagent (CF3–SiMe3) directly as a CF3− source [46][47]. From CF3–SiMe3, Hartwig et al. developed a new combination of Ir-catalyzed C–H borylation and oxidative cross-coupling using [(phen)CF3Cu] [48]. Grushin et al. utilized fluoroform for the preparation

A novel family of (1-aminoalkyl)(trifluoromethyl)- and -(difluoromethyl)phosphinic acids – analogues of α-amino acids

• Natalia V. Pavlenko,
• Tatiana I. Oos,
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii,
• Igor I. Gerus,
• Uwe Doeller and
• Lothar Willms

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 722–731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.66

• remove the ester group in anhydrous base with 1 equivalent of sodium silanolate (Me3SiONa) at room temperature efficiently produced the highly stable sodium salt of acid 23. With an excess of Me3SiONa and heating to 50 °C, fluoroform liberation from 23 was observed to give fluorine-free products. In

Deoxygenative gem-difluoroolefination of carbonyl compounds with (chlorodifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane and triphenylphosphine

• Fei Wang,
• Lingchun Li,
• Chuanfa Ni and
• Jinbo Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 344–351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.32

• TMSCF3 from fluoroform (CF3H), which paved the way for the synthetic applications of TMSCF3 [38][39]. Moreover, the preparation of TMSCF2Br either by fluoro–bromo exchange reaction of TMSCF3 [34] or by bromination of TMSCF2H [34][40] has also been disclosed. To obtain TMSCF2Cl, we tried the halogen

Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl iodides with trifluoromethylzinc reagent prepared in situ from trifluoromethyl iodide

• Yuzo Nakamura,
• Motohiro Fujiu,
• Tatsuya Murase,
• Yoshimitsu Itoh,
• Hiroki Serizawa,
• Kohsuke Aikawa and
• Koichi Mikami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2404–2409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.277

• challenge. Recently, Daugulis and co-workers reported the trifluoromethylation of aryl iodide catalyzed by copper(I) chloride with Zn(CF3)2 prepared in situ from TMP2Zn and fluoroform (CHF3), but only one substrate was investigated to provide the trifluoromethylated product only in a moderate yield [17]. As

• ppm) [27] was obtained. The neutral CuCF3 species (−26.3 ppm), which formed by the direct cupration of fluoroform in DMF [28] and was active even with aryl iodides bearing electron-donating substituents such as 1j [28][29][30], was not observed in both solvents. Thus, the addition of aryl iodide 1a

Aromatic and heterocyclic perfluoroalkyl sulfides. Methods of preparation

• Vladimir N. Boiko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 880–921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.88

• behavior in their reactions with nucleophiles. For example, the reaction of CF3I with alkali gives fluoroform (CHF3) and potassium hypoiodide (KIO) [122]. The interaction of organolithium compounds with perfluoroalkyl iodides [123][124][125][126] does not result in combination of the two alkyl species (RF