A Facile Stereoselcetive Synthesis of (E)-1-Aryl-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropenes and (E)-1-Aryl-2-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1990.1607

Arenecarbaldehydes ArCHO were allowed to react with a carbenoid reagent CF3CX2Mtl (X=Cl, Mtl=ZnCl, X=F, Mtl=LI) to give the adducts ArCH(OH)CX2CF3 whose hydroxyl group was substituted by fluorine.Dehydrohalogenating of the resultant ArCHFCX2CF3 (X=Cl or F