- Chemoselective halogenation of 2-hydroperfluoroalkyl aldehydes
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2-Hydroaldehydes, RfCH(R)CHO, where Rf = CF 3, C2F5, n-C3F7 and R = CF3, C2F5, n-C3F7, Ph, H, were prepared via acid hydrolysis of the corresponding vinyl ethers, R fC(R) = CHOCH3, which can be readily prepared by reaction of Ph3P+C?HOCH3 with the corresponding ketone. The 2-hydroaldehydes can be chemoselectively converted to the acyl halide, RfCH(R)C(O)X (X = Cl, Br), via free-radical halogenation. The perfluoroalkyl group deactivates the 2-position toward radical abstraction of the 2-hydrogen, and halogenation occurs exclusively at the formyl hydrogen. However, halogenations of the 2-hydroaldehydes in glacial acetic acid chemoselectively gives the 2-haloaldehydes, RfCX(R)CHO, X = Cl, Br. Hydrolysis of the 2-hydroperfluoroacyl halides provides a useful route to 2-hydroperfluoroalkyl branched carboxylic acids, useful ketene precursors. This route avoids the use of toxic fluoroolefins, such as perfluoroisobutylene.
- Wiebe, Donald A.,Burton, Donald J.
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experimental part
p. 4 - 11
(2012/07/13)
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- Effect of fluorine substitution of α-and β-hydrogen atoms in ethyl phenylacetate and phenylpropionate on their stereoselective hydrolysis by cultured cancer cells
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(±)-Ethyl 2-fluoro-2-phenylacetate was stereoselectively hydrolyzed by cultured cells of several rat cancer cell lines to give the carboxylic acid rich in the R enantiomer. The stereoselectivity increased for (±)-ethyl 2-fluoro-2-phenylpropionate (2b) with all present cell lines and for (±)-ethyl 2-phenyl-3,3,3-trifluoropropionate (3b) with rat hepatoma McA-RH7777 cell line. The stereoselectivity was different for the different cell lines, as McA-RH7777 cells preferred (R)-2b in contrast with the preference towards (S)-2b by other cells such as ras oncogene-transformed rat liver Anr4 cells. These stereoselectivities were different from those for non-fluorinated (±)-ethyl 2-phenylpropionate. Thus fluorine atoms are recognized by ester hydrolases of cancer cells, and fluorine substitution on the acyl group will be useful for making ester-type anticancer prodrugs more specific to cancer cells.
- Yamazaki, Yoshimitsu,Yusa, Shiro,Kageyama, Yu-Ichi,Tsue, Hirohito,Hirao, Ken-Ichi,Okuno, Hiroaki
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p. 167 - 171
(2007/10/03)
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- A novel access to 4-fluoropyrimidines from α-chloro-α'-trifluoromethylketones
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When treated with formamidine acetate and KOH, α-chloro-α'-trifluoromethyl ketones afford, though in moderate yield, 4-fluoropyrimidine derivatives.
- De Nanteuil
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p. 2467 - 2468
(2007/10/02)
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