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Usage

Uses

Used in Pharmaceutical Industry:
2-Fluorodiphenylmethane is used as a key intermediate in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical compounds for [application reason]. Its unique chemical structure allows for the development of new drugs with potential therapeutic benefits.
Used in Research:
2-Fluorodiphenylmethane is used as a research compound for [application reason], such as studying its chemical properties, reactivity, and potential applications in the synthesis of other organic compounds. It contributes to the advancement of scientific knowledge and the discovery of new chemical reactions and processes.

InChI:InChI=1/C13H11F/c14-13-9-5-4-8-12(13)10-11-6-2-1-3-7-11/h1-9H,10H2

Upstream product

• 342-24-5 o-fluorobenzophenone 
• 462-06-6 fluorobenzene 
• 100-44-7 benzyl chloride 
• 101-81-5 Diphenylmethane 
• 446-48-0 o-fluorobenzyl bromide 
• 98-80-6 phenylboronic acid 
• 100-51-6 benzyl alcohol 
• 446-52-6 2-Fluorobenzaldehyde 
• 100-58-3 phenylmagnesium bromide 
• 640-60-8 toluene-4-sulfonic acid phenyl ester 
• 401514-50-9 o-fluorobenzaldehyde hydrazone 
• 5281-18-5 benzaldehyde, hydrazone 
• 348-52-7 1-Fluoro-2-iodobenzene 
• 591-50-4 iodobenzene 

Downstream Products

• 106147-79-9 4-[2-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-2-phenyl-ethyl]-1H-imidazole 
• 342-24-5 o-fluorobenzophenone 
• 3469-20-3 2,3-diphenyl-1H-indole 
• 362-54-9 (R)-(+)-(2-fluorophenyl)(phenyl)methanol 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Combined Photoredox/Enzymatic C?H Benzylic Hydroxylations

Chemical transformations that install heteroatoms into C?H bonds are of significant interest because they streamline the construction of value-added small molecules. Direct C?H oxyfunctionalization, or the one step conversion of a C?H bond to a C?O bond, could be a highly enabling transformation due to the prevalence of the resulting enantioenriched alcohols in pharmaceuticals and natural products,. Here we report a single-flask photoredox/enzymatic process for direct C?H hydroxylation that proceeds with broad reactivity, chemoselectivity and enantioselectivity. This unified strategy advances general photoredox and enzymatic catalysis synergy and enables chemoenzymatic processes for powerful and selective oxidative transformations.

Construction of Di(hetero)arylmethanes Through Pd-Catalyzed Direct Dehydroxylative Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Alcohols and Aryl Boronic Acids Mediated by Sulfuryl Fluoride (SO2F2)

A practical Pd-catalyzed direct dehydroxylative coupling of (hetero)benzylic alcohols with (hetero)arylboronic acids for the constructions of di(hetero)arylmethane derivatives under SO2F2 was described. This new method provided a strategically distinct approach to di(hetero)arylmethane derivatives from readily available and abundant benzylic alcohols under mild condition.

Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of aldehydes with aryl halides: Via hydrazone intermediates

Traditional cross-couplings require stoichiometric organometallic reagents. A novel nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between aldehydes and aryl halides via hydrazone intermediates has been developed, merging the Wolff-Kishner reduction and the classical cross-coupling reactions. Aromatic aldehydes, aryl iodides and aryl bromides are especially effective in this new cross-coupling chemistry.

Cross-Coupling of Phenol Derivatives with Umpolung Aldehydes Catalyzed by Nickel

A nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling to construct the C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond was developed from two sustainable biomass-based feedstocks: phenol derivatives with umpolung aldehydes. This strategy features the in situ generation of moisture/air-stable hydrazones from naturally abundant aldehydes, which act as alkyl nucleophiles under catalysis to couple with readily available phenol derivatives. The avoidance of using both halides as the electrophiles and organometallic or organoboron reagents (also derived from halides) as the nucleophiles makes this method more sustainable. Water tolerance, great functional group (ketone, ester, free amine, amide, etc.) compatibility, and late-stage elaboration of complex biological molecules exemplified its practicability and unique chemoselectivity over organometallic reagents.

Bisulfate Salt-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Benzylation of Arenes with Benzylic Alcohols

We report here a method of direct Friedel-Crafts benzylation of arenes with benzylic alcohols using cheap and readily available bisulfate salt as the catalyst in hexafluoroisopropanol. The catalytic system is powerful with a quite diverse group of functionalized arenes and benzylic alcohols. These mild conditions provide a straightforward synthesis of a variety of unsymmetrical diarylmethanes in high yield with good to high regioselectivity. An SN1 mechanism involving activation of the hydroxy group through a hydrogen bond is proposed.

Synthesis of zwitterionic palladium complexes and their application as catalysts in cross-coupling reactions of aryl, heteroaryl and benzyl bromides with organoboron reagents in neat water

N-(3-Chloro-2-quinoxalinyl)-N′-arylimidazolium salts (aryl = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl [HL1Cl]Cl, aryl = mesityl [HL2Cl]Cl) have been synthesized by treating 2,3-dichloroquinoxaline with the corresponding N′-arylimidazole in neat water. Facile reactions of these imidazolium salts with Pd(PPh3)4 and Pd2(dba)3/PPh3 (dba = dibenzyledene acetone) at 50 °C have afforded zwitterionic palladium(ii) complexes [Pd(HL1)(PPh3)Cl2] (I) and [Pd(HL2)(PPh3)Cl2] (II) in excellent yields. I and II have been tested for their ability to catalyze Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling (SMC) reactions in neat water/K2CO3 and are found to be highly active for carrying out these reactions between aryl bromides and organoboron reagents. Furthermore, the scope of the catalyst I was also examined by employing (hetero)aryl bromides, hydrophilic aryl bromides, benzyl bromides and various organoboron reagents. More than 80 aryl/benzyl bromide-arylboronic acid combinations were screened in neat water/K2CO3 and it was found that I was a versatile catalyst, which produced biaryls/diarylmethanes in excellent yields. A TON of 82 000 was achieved by using I. Studies on the mechanism have also been carried out to investigate the involvement of carbene complexes in the catalytic path. Poison tests and a two-phase test were also conducted and the results are reported.

Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling Between Benzyl Chlorides and Aryl Halides

A new protocol for the direct reductive cobalt-catalyzed arylation of benzyl chlorides has been developed in order to form functionalized diarylmethanes. A variety of reactive groups either on the aryl or the benzyl halide was employed. This represents the first cobalt-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling which does not require any ligand and pyridine. A reaction pathway is proposed involving a radical benzyl species. (Figure presented.).

Ethers as hydrogen sources in BF3·OEt2 promoted reduction of diphenylmethyl alcohols, ethers and esters to hydrocarbons

A novel ether/BF3 reductive system has been described, in which diphenylmethanols and their ether and ester derivatives are used as starting materials. Reductions are performed in ether under reflux and an argon atmosphere, and the addition of extra water is beneficial to this reduction. A series of alkanes are able to be prepared with good to excellent yields. A deuterated experiment exhibits that the reductive hydrogen is generated from ether. The mechanism is discussed in detail to explain the observed reactivity.

N-Heterocyclic carbene-palladium(II)-1-methylimidazole complex-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of benzyl carbamates with arylboronic acids

The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of benzyl carbamates with arylboronic acids was achieved in an environmentally benign medium. Using water as the sole solvent, such transformation took place very well to give the desired diarylmethane derivatives in good to almost quantitative yields in the presence of a well-defined NHC-Pd(ii)-Im complex under mild conditions. It is worth noting here that this is the first example of benzyl carbamates used in coupling reaction, thus affording a new method for the formation of diarylmethanes by palladium-catalyzed C-O bond activation.

Synthesis of structurally diverse diarylketones through the diarylmethyl sp3 C-H oxidation

Under open-flask conditions, an efficient method to assemble a series of diversely functionalized diarylketones in the presence of commercially available NBS has been developed. Yields of up to 99% have been achieved employing diarylmethanes as starting material. Based on 18O-labeled experiment, the addition of stoichiometric water eventually leads to excellent yields in all carbonylation cases.