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Organocatalytic Aerobic Oxidation of α-Fluoroalkyl Alcohols to Fluoroalkyl Ketones at Room Temperature
Kadoh, Yoichi,Tashiro, Masayuki,Oisaki, Kounosuke,Kanai, Motomu
, p. 2193 - 2198 (2015/07/27)
The organocatalytic aerobic oxidation of electron-deficient α-fluoroalkyl alcohols at room temperature is described. The resulting fluoroalkyl ketones are versatile synthetic intermediates for a variety of fluorine-containing molecules. This otherwise difficult transformation has now been accomplished by the reaction of α-fluoroalkyl alcohols with N-oxyl radicals, catalytically generated from 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one N-oxyl/nitrogen oxide (keto-ABNO/NOx) and oxygen in acetic acid (AcOH), affording the corresponding fluoroalkyl ketones in high yield. This operationally simple reaction can be performed under mild conditions, and was applied to a wide range of alcohols (20 examples), thus demonstrating a high functional group tolerance. Moreover, a modified one-pot protocol based on this method was able to convert an aldehyde to a trifluoromethyl ketone on a gram scale.
