The reactions of copper-dibromodifluoromethane-amide systems with alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)82418-5

1,1,1-Trifluoro-2-arylethanes can be prepared by the trifluoromethyldehydroxylation of benzyl alcohols using the copper-dibromodifluoromethane-amide reaction system, although the yields are low.The mechanism of the reaction may involve chelation of the substrate to copper so that α-substituted benzyl alcohols and other alcohols are unreactive.