Defluoroalkylation of sp(3) C-F bonds of industrially relevant hydrofluoroolefins
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Phillips, Nicholas A
Coates, Gregory J
White, Andrew JP
Crimmin, Mark R
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A simple, one‐pot procedure is reported for the selective defluoroalkylation of trifluoromethyl alkene derivatives with aldehydes and ketones. The reaction sequence allows construction of a new C−C bond in a highly selective manner from a single sp3 C−F bond of a CF3 group in the presence of sp2 C−F bonds. The scope incorporates industrially relevant fluorocarbons including HFO‐1234yf and HFO‐1234ze. No catalyst, additives or transition metals are required, rather the methodology relies on a recently developed boron reagent. Remarkably, the boron site of this reagent plays a dual role in the reaction sequence, being nucleophilic at boron in the C−F cleavage step (SN2’) but electrophilic at boron en route to the carbon–carbon bond‐forming step (SE2’). The duplicitous behaviour is underpinned by a hydrogen atom migration from boron to the carbon atom of a carbene ligand.
Date Issued
2020-04-24
Date Acceptance
2020-02-01
Citation
Chemistry: A European Journal, 2020, 26 (24), pp.5365-5368
ISSN
0947-6539
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
5365
End Page
5368
Journal / Book Title
Chemistry: A European Journal
Volume
26
Issue
24
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the accepted version of the following article: [Phillips, N.A., Coates, G.J., White, A.J.P. and Crimmin, M.R. (2020), Defluoroalkylation of sp3 C−F Bonds of Industrially Relevant Hydrofluoroolefins. Chem. Eur. J.. doi:10.1002/chem.202000636], which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202000636
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
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Grant Number
677367
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
C-F functionalisation
defluoroalkylation
fluorine
HFOs
trifluoromethyl
TRIFLUOROMETHYL ALKENES
DEFLUOROSILYLATION
BORYL
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-02-10