A convenient route to aryl trifluoromethyl sulfones by fluoride-catalyzed cross-coupling of arenesulfonyl fluorides with (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane and (trifluoromethyl)trimethylstannane

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1990-27121

Trifluoromethylsulfonyl substituted aromatic compounds 3a-d are prepared from the corresponding sulfonyl fluorides 1a-d by reacting with (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (or-stannane) in the presence of a base under mild conditions in high yields.