Copper-Catalyzed gem-Difluoroolefination of Diazo Compounds with TMSCF₃ via C-F Bond Cleavage

Mingyou Hu, Zhengbiao He, Bing Gao, Lingchun Li, Chuanfa Ni and Jinbo Hu*

*Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling-Ling Road, Shanghai 200032, China, Email: jinbohusioc.ac.cn

M. Hu, Z. He, B. Gao, L. Li, C. Ni, J. Hu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 17302-17305.

DOI: 10.1021/ja409941r

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Abstract

A Cu-catalyzed gem-difluoroolefination of diazo compounds with TMSCF₃ affords the desired 1,1-difluoroalkene products via trifluoromethylation followed by C-F bond cleavage.

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Key Words

olefination, vinyl fluorides

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