Perfluoroalkylation of imidazoles by electrochemically induced srn1 substitution

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88785-7

Indirect electrochemical reduction, by means of aromatic anion radical mediators, of perfluoroalkyl halides in the presence of imidazolate or of substituted imidazolate anions yields the corresponding perfluoroalkylated imidazoles along an S_RN1 mechanism.