Aromatic Fluoroalkoxylation via Direct Displacement of a Nitro or Fluoro Group

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00211a018

Nitro- and fluorobenzenes substituted with a range of electron-withdrawing groups readily undergo fluoroalkoxylation via direct displacement of the nitro or fluoro group.A number of compounds, which cannot be usefully prepared by direct displacement of a chloro group and which are otherwise inaccessible, have been synthesized.Yields and reaction conditions are comparable to those reported by other workers for reactions involving strong nucleophiles.