POLYFLUOROALKYLATION OF BROMOAROMATIC COMPOUNDS VIA PERFLUOROALKYLCOPPER INTERMEDIATES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)82940-1

Cross coupling reactions between various perfluoroalkyl iodides, copper and mono and dibromobenzenes, as well as mono and dibromobenzenes containing functional groups e.g., OH, CO2H, CO2R, NO2, NH2, OCH3 and C(O)CH3 have produced perfluoroalkyl substituted aromatic compounds in good to excellent yields.From certain bromo arenes, by-products were obtained, indicating competing reactions.These reactions may be due to the slower rate of cross coupling between a carbon-bromine bond and the perfluoroalkylcopper intermediate as compared to the cross coupling reaction involving a carbon-iodine bond with the perfluoroalkylcopper intermediate.