Free-radical approach to the synthesis of fluorine-substituted cyclic compounds. Cyclization reactions of trifluoromethyl- and difluoromethylene-substituted carbon radicals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)80477-7

Trifluoromethyl- or difluoromethylene-substituted alkyl radicals (CF3-C(*)- or -CF2-C(*)-) and trifluoromethyl-substituted alkenyl radicals (CF3-C(*)=C-) cyclize effectively intramolecularly to allow the synthesis of fluorine-substituted cyclic compounds.