Magnesium Metal-Mediated Reductive Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes with Phenyl Trifluoromethyl Sulfone
Yanchuan Zhao, Jieming Zhu, Chuanfa Ni, Jinbo Hu*
*Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling-Ling Road,
Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China, Email: jinbohusioc.ac.cn
Y. Zhao, J. Zhu, C. Ni, J. Hu, Synthesis, 2010, 1899-1904.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218752
Abstract
Mercury(II) chloride efficiently activates magnesium metal to induce a desulfonylative trifluoromethylation process. The new reductive trifluoromethylation provides an alternative method for efficient trifluoromethylation of non-enolizable or enolizable aldehydes with readily available phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfone reagent.
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Key Words
alkylations, aldehydes, alcohols, trifluoromethylations, phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfone, magnesium
ID: J66-Y2010-1540