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Decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids via photoredox catalysis
Ventre, Sandrine,Petronijevic, Filip R.,Macmillan, David W. C.
supporting information, p. 5654 - 5657 (2015/05/20)
The direct conversion of aliphatic carboxylic acids to the corresponding alkyl fluorides has been achieved via visible light-promoted photoredox catalysis. This operationally simple, redox-neutral fluorination method is amenable to a wide variety of carboxylic acids. Photon-induced oxidation of carboxylates leads to the formation of carboxyl radicals, which upon rapid CO2-extrusion and F? transfer from a fluorinating reagent yield the desired fluoroalkanes with high efficiency. Experimental evidence indicates that an oxidative quenching pathway is operable in this broadly applicable fluorination protocol.
