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Metallaphotoredox Difluoromethylation of Aryl Bromides
Bacauanu, Vlad,Cardinal, Sébastien,Yamauchi, Motoshi,Kondo, Masaru,Fernández, David F.,Remy, Richard,MacMillan, David W. C.
, p. 12543 - 12548 (2018)
Herein, we report a convenient and broadly applicable strategy for the difluoromethylation of aryl bromides by metallaphotoredox catalysis. Bromodifluoromethane, a simple and commercially available alkyl halide, is harnessed as an effective source of difluoromethyl radical by silyl-radical-mediated halogen abstraction. The merger of this fluoroalkyl electrophile activation pathway with a dual nickel/photoredox catalytic platform enables the difluoromethylation of a diverse array of aryl and heteroaryl bromides under mild conditions. The utility of this procedure is showcased in the late-stage functionalization of several drug analogues.
