Fluorinated ketene dithioacetals; 1. Preparation and application to the synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthiocarboxylic S-esters and aldehyde derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1992-26280

α-Trifluoromethylketene dithioacetals 3 were synthesized by Peterson reaction from trifluoromethyl ketones 1 and trimethylsilyl dithioacetals 2. Acid hydrolysis and reduction yield α-trifluoromethylthiocarboxylic S-esters 4 and α-trifluoromethyl dithioace