Modular synthesis of α-fluorinated arylmethanes via desulfonylative cross-coupling

Autor: Daisuke Yokogawa, Masakazu Nambo, Cathleen M. Crudden, Yuuki Maekawa, Jacky C.-H. Yim, Zachary T. Ariki, Luiza B. O. Freitas, Yasuyo Tahara
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11758-w
Popis: α-Fluoromethylarenes are common substructures in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, with the introduction of fluorine often resulting in improved biological activity and stability. Despite recent progress, synthetic routes to α-fluorinated diarylmethanes are still rare. Herein we describe the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of α-fluorinated benzylic triflones with arylboronic acids affording structurally diverse α-fluorinated diarylmethanes. The ease of synthesis of fluorinated triflones as the key starting materials enables powerful late-stage transformations of known biologically active compounds into fluorinated analogs.
α-Fluoromethyl arenes are common substructures in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals but synthetic routes are still rare. Here the authors describe Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of α-fluorinated benzylic triflones with arylboronic acids affording structurally diverse α-fluorinated diarylmethanes.
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