- Selective C-O bond formation: Via a photocatalytic radical coupling strategy: Access to perfluoroalkoxylated (ORF) arenes and heteroarenes
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Development of an efficient process that employs commercially available and cost effective reagents for the synthesis of perfluoroalkoxylated aromatic compounds (Ar-ORF) remains a daunting challenge in organic synthesis. Herein, we report the first catalytic protocol using readily available perfluoroalkyl iodides (RFI) and N-(hetero)aryl-N-hydroxylamides to access a wide range of perfluoroalkoxylated (hetero)arenes. Mild reaction conditions allow for selective O-RF bond formation over a broad substrate scope and are tolerant of a wide variety of functional groups. Mechanistic studies suggest the formation and recombination of persistent N-hydroxyl radicals and transient RF radicals under photocatalytic reaction conditions to generate N-ORF compounds that rearrange to afford the desired products.
- Lee, Johnny W.,Spiegowski, Dominique N.,Ngai, Ming-Yu
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p. 6066 - 6070
(2017/08/29)
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- TRIFLUOROMETHOXYLATION OF ARENES VIA INTRAMOLECULAR TRIFLUOROMETHOXY GROUP MIGRATION
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The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluoromethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: (I), wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without subsutitution; and R1 is -H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), - (alkylaryl), - (alkylheteroaryl), -NH-(alkyl), -N(alkyl)2, -NH-(alkenyl), -NH-(alkynyl) -NH-(aryl), -NH-(heteroaryl), -O-(alkyl), -O-(alkenyl), -O-(alkynyl), -O-(aryl), -O-(heteroaryl), -S-(alkyl), -S- (alkenyl), -S-(alkynyl), -S-(aryl), or -S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure: (II), with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure: (III); and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: (I).
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- Mechanistic studies on intramolecular C-H trifluoromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes via OCF3-migration
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The one-pot two-step intramolecular aryl and heteroaryl C-H trifluoromethoxylation recently reported by our group has provided a general, scalable, and operationally simple approach to access a wide range of unprecedented and valuable OCF3-containing building blocks. Herein we describe our investigations to elucidate its reaction mechanism. Experimental data indicate that the O-trifluoromethylation of N-(hetero)aryl-N-hydroxylamine derivatives is a radical process, whereas the OCF3-migration step proceeds via a heterolytic cleavage of the N-OCF3 bond followed by rapid recombination of a short-lived ion pair. Computational studies further support the proposed ion pair reaction pathway for the OCF3-migration process. We hope that the current study would provide useful insights for the development of new transformations using versatile N-(hetero)aryl-N-hydroxylamine synthons.
- Lee, Katarzyna N.,Lei, Zhen,Morales-Rivera, Cristian A.,Liu, Peng,Ngai, Ming-Yu
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p. 5599 - 5605
(2016/07/06)
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- Trifluoromethoxylation of arenes: Synthesis of ortho- Trifluoromethoxylated aniline derivatives by OCF3 migration
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Aryl trifluoromethoxylation by a two-step sequence of O-trifluoromethylation of N-aryl-N-hydroxylamine derivatives and intramolecular OCF3 migration is presented. This protocol allows easy access to a wide range of synthetically useful ortho-OCF3 aniline derivatives. In addition, it utilizes bench-stable reagents, is operationally simple, shows high functional-group tolerance, and is amenable to gram-scale as well as one-pot synthesis.Areaction mechanism of a heterolytic cleavage of the N-OCF3 bond followed by recombination of the resulting nitrenium ion and trifluoromethoxide is proposed for the OCF3-migration reaction.
- Hojczyk, Katarzyna N.,Feng, Pengju,Zhan, Chengbo,Ngai, Ming-Yu
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p. 14559 - 14563
(2015/01/09)
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