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For selected examples of hydrodefluorination of gem-
shown in Figure 2. In this case, the copper(I)-hydride species B’
would be produced initially, and subsequent insertion would
give the alkylcopper(I) intermediate D’, which is similar to that
suggested in the copper(I)/diboron system. The β-fluorine
elimination of D’ via transition state E’ would proceed to give
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In summary, we have developed a novel stereodivergent
hydrodefluorination of gem-difluoroalkenes for the
preparation of (Z)- and (E)-terminal monofluoroalkenes using
borylcopper(I) and copper(I)-hydride species with excellent
selectivities. This reaction involves the regioselective boryl- or
hydrocupration of gem-difluoroalkenes, followed by
stereoselective fluorine elimination from the resulting
alkylcopper(I) intermediates. Our study is the first example of
the stereodivergent synthesis of (Z)- and (E)-terminal
monofluoroalkenes from the same starting material. Further
studies directed toward the reaction of alkyl gem-
difluoroalkenes are currently underway.
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This work was presented at the 97th CSJ Annual Meeting,
Yokohama, Japan (March 16–19, 2017). At the same
conference, the Ogoshi and Hosoya group independently
reported copper(I)-catalyzed defluoroborylations of
polyfluoroalkenes including gem-difluoroalkenes. During the
preparation of this paper, Cao and co-workers reported a
related defluoroborylation reaction and showed one
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Their reactions require additional reagents (AgNO3, Et3N,
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This work was financially supported by the Japanese
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT) via the “Program for Leading Graduate Schools” at
Hokkaido University “Ambitious Leaders Program”, and by JSPS
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