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Electrochemical Vicinal Difluorination of Alkenes: Scalable and Amenable to Electron-Rich Substrates
Doobary, Sayad,Sedikides, Alexi T.,Caldora, Henry P.,Poole, Darren L.,Lennox, Alastair J. J.
supporting information, p. 1155 - 1160 (2019/12/11)
Fluorinated alkyl groups are important motifs in bioactive compounds, positively influencing pharmacokinetics, potency and conformation. The oxidative difluorination of alkenes represents an important strategy for their preparation, yet current methods are limited in their alkene-types and tolerance of electron-rich, readily oxidized functionalities, as well as in their safety and scalability. Herein, we report a method for the difluorination of a number of unactivated alkene-types that is tolerant of electron-rich functionality, giving products that are otherwise unattainable. Key to success is the electrochemical generation of a hypervalent iodine mediator using an “ex-cell” approach, which avoids oxidative substrate decomposition. The more sustainable conditions give good to excellent yields in up to decagram scales.
Lanthanide(III) triflate-catalyzed thermal- and microwave-assisted synthesis of benzyl ethers from benzyl alcohols
Handlon, Anthony L.,Guo, Yu
, p. 111 - 114 (2007/10/03)
The lanthanide(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalyzed condensation of benzyl alcohols with primary and secondary alcohols is described. This reaction proceeds readily with benzyl alcohols that have an alkyl or aryl substituent at the α-, ortho-, or para-position using microwave radiation or heating. The intra-molecular variant of this reaction leads to cyclic benzofurans.
