Photochemical Trifluoromethylation of Some Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Compounds with Trifluoromethyl Bromide

Autor: Junko Nakamura, Yoshio Sakaguchi, Kohji Kato, Masatsugu Kajitani, Hisaharu Hayashi, Takeo Akiyama, Akira Sugimori
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 61:3531-3537
ISSN: 1348-0634
0009-2673
Popis: The photochemical introduction of trifluoromethyl group with CF3Br in aromatic and heteroaromatic rings was investigated for 9 compounds. Naphthalene, anthracene, anisole, N,N-dimethylaniline, ferrocene, benzo[b]thiophene, isoquinoline, and N-methylpyrrole gave trifluoromethylated products in 6.5–100% yields. In one step from uracil, a pharmacologically important 5-trifluoromethyluracil can be synthesized by this method in 11% yield. Based on the mechanistic study carried out for the naphthalene–CF3Br–CH3CN system, the reaction is found to proceed via the electron transfer from an excited singlet state of naphthalene to CF3Br.
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