Perfluorophenylation of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds with pentafluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride catalyzed by a ruthenium (ii) phosphine complex

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(97)00120-6

The reactions of pentafluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride with benzene and thiophene derivatives in the presence of a ruthenium(II) catalyst proceeded at 240°C, with extrusion of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride, to give the corresponding perfluorophenylated compounds.