Electrochemical O-trifluoromethylation of electron-deficient phenols

Autor: Philipp Werner, Andreas Terfort, Johannes Bernd, Marc Zeplichal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Electrochemistry Communications, Vol 133, Iss, Pp 107165-(2021)
ISSN: 1388-2481
Popis: A simple and sustainable one-step strategy for the preparation of electron-deficient aryl trifluoromethyl ethers (ArOCF3) from the corresponding phenols by electrochemical synthesis is presented. Anodic oxidation of trifluoromethane sulfinate (Langlois reagent) leads to direct O-trifluoromethylation of phenol-derivatives bearing fluorine, chlorine, bromine and nitrile substituents under mild conditions in yields up to 75% and in gram-scale. This electrochemical protocol provides an economic and green synthesis for an otherwise inaccessible class of molecules without the need for expensive or toxic reagents, oxidants or metal catalysts.
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