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• 623-03-0 4-Cyanochlorobenzene 
• 201230-82-2 carbon monoxide 
• 619-65-8 4-cyanobenzoic Acid 
• 623-00-7 4-bromobenzenecarbonitrile 
• 105-07-7 4-cyanobenzaldehyde 
• 6068-72-0 4-cyanobenzoyl chlorIde 
• 50978-45-5 3-oxobenzo[d]isothiazole-2(3H)-carbaldehyde 1,1-dioxide 

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• 171364-82-2 4-cyanophenylboronic acid pinacol ester 
• 58743-77-4 4'-methoxybiphenyl-4-carbonitrile 
• 29822-79-5 4-(2-phenylethynyl)benzonitrile 
• 623-26-7 terephthalonitrile 
• 104128-50-9 (4-cyanophenyl)(4-methylphenyl)sulfide 
• 1129-35-7 4-cyanobenzoic acid methyl ester 
• 58666-77-6 (4-cyanophenyl)trimethylstannane 
• 214360-44-8 2-(4-cyanophenyl)-5,5-dimethyl[1,3,2]dioxaborinane 
• 17922-99-5 N-benzyl-p-cyanobenzamide 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Deoxyfluorination of Carboxylic, Sulfonic, Phosphinic Acids and Phosphine Oxides by Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids Featuring CF2O Units

The deoxyfluorination of carboxylic, sulfonic, phosphinic acids and phosphine oxides is a fundamentally important approach to access acyl fluorides, sulfonyl fluorides and phosphoric fluorides, thus the development of inexpensive, stable, easy-to-handle, versatile, and efficient deoxyfluorination reagents is highly desired. Herein, we report the use of potassium salts of perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PFECA) featuring CF2O units as deoxyfluorination reagents, which are generated mainly as by-products in the manufacture of hexafluoropropene oxide (HFPO). The synthesis of acyl fluorides, sulfonyl fluorides and phosphoric fluorides can be realized via carbonic difluoride (COF2) generated in situ from thermal degradation of the PFECA salt.

Acyl fluorides from carboxylic acids, aldehydes, or alcohols under oxidative fluorination

We describe a novel reagent system to obtain acyl fluorides directly from three different functional group precursors: carboxylic acids, aldehydes, or alcohols. The transformation is achieved via a combination of trichloroisocyanuric acid and cesium fluoride, which facilitates the synthesis of various acyl fluorides in high yield (up to 99%). It can be applied to the late-stage functionalization of natural products and drug molecules that contain a carboxylic acid, an aldehyde, or an alcohol group.

Fluorination method

In order to overcome the problems of high cost and low stability of the existing fluorination reagents for preparing acyl fluoride, sulfonyl fluoride and phosphoryl fluoride compounds, the invention provides a fluorination method, which comprises the following operation steps of: adding a fluorination reagent into a substrate, wherein the fluorination reagent comprises cations M and anions, the anions are selected from one or more of perfluoropolyether chain carboxylic acid anions as shown in the specification: CF3(OCF2)nCO2, wherein n is selected from 1-10; the substrate comprises a carboxylic acid compound, a sulfonic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound and a phosphine oxide compound; and carrying out fluorination reaction to obtain acyl fluoride, sulfonyl fluoride and phosphoryl fluoride products. According to the fluorination method provided by the invention, the perfluoropolyether chain carboxylate is used as a fluorination reagent, so that the dehydroxylation fluorination reaction of the carboxylic acid compound, the sulfonic acid compound and the phosphoric acid compound and the fluorination reaction of the phosphine oxide compound are realized, the product yield isrelatively high, and the fluorination method has relatively good universality for different substrates.

Cooperative NHC/Photoredox Catalyzed Ring-Opening of Aryl Cyclopropanes to 1-Aroyloxylated-3-Acylated Alkanes

Cyclopropanes are an important class of building blocks in organic synthesis. Herein, a ring-opening/arylcarboxylation/acylation cascade reaction for the 1,3-difunctionalization of aryl cyclopropanes enabled by cooperative NHC and organophotoredox catalysis is reported. The cascade works on monosubstituted cyclopropanes that are in contrast to the heavily investigated donor–acceptor cyclopropanes more challenging to be difunctionalized. The key step is a radical/radical cross coupling of a benzylic radical generated in the photoredox catalysis cycle with a ketyl radical from the NHC catalysis cycle. The transformation features metal-free reaction conditions and tolerates a diverse range of functionalities.

Rapid synthesis of acyl fluorides from carboxylic acids with Cu(O2CCF2SO2F)2

Acyl fluorides have moderate electrophilicity and a very good balance between stability and reactivity. Utilization of acyl fluorides as versatile building blocks in transition-metal catalysis attracts fast-growing and great attention recently. Development of rapid and operationally simple synthetic methods for acyl fluorides has always been desirable. We report herein a rapid, simple and efficient acyl fluoride synthesis from carboxylic acids with Cu(O2CCF2SO2F)2 as a deoxofluorination reagent. Notably, Cu(O2CCF2SO2F)2 was readily prepared in large scale from inexpensive starting material, and previously used as a good trifluoromethylating reagent.

Cooperative NHC and Photoredox Catalysis for the Synthesis of β-Trifluoromethylated Alkyl Aryl Ketones

Despite the great potential of radical chemistry in organic synthesis, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed reactions involving radical intermediates are not well explored. This communication reports the three-component coupling of aroyl fluorides, styrenes and the Langlois reagent (CF3SO2Na) to give various β-trifluoromethylated alkyl aryl ketones with good functional group tolerance in moderate to high yields by cooperative photoredox/NHC catalysis. The alkene acyltrifluoromethylation proceeds via radical/radical cross coupling of ketyl radicals with benzylic C-radicals. The ketyl radicals are generated via SET reduction of in situ formed acylazolium ions whereas the benzylic radicals derive from trifluoromethyl radical addition onto styrenes.

Synthesis of Arylstannanes via Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Coupling of Aroyl Fluorides

Aryl stannanes are valuable precursors in organic transformations, but their synthetic methods are limited. Here we present a Pd-catalyzed decarbonylative stannylation of acid fluorides in the absence of exogenous base. Various aryl stannanes were efficiently prepared from bench-stable transition metal catalyst and ligand with broad functional group compatibility and substrate scope including natural products and pharmaceuticals. This protocol was also successfully used to a late-stage diversification of an existing uricosuric drug probenecid. (Figure presented.).

Methoxylation of Acyl Fluorides with Tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine via C-OMe Bond Cleavage under Metal-Free Conditions

Acyl fluorides are subjected to methoxylation with tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine (TMPP) to afford the corresponding methyl esters in good to excellent yields. This transformation is featured by C(sp2)-OMe bond cleavage under metal-free conditions. Unprecedented utilization of TMPP as a methoxylating agent realized the installation of an OMe group into the desired products.

Base-free nickel-catalysed decarbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of acid fluorides

The Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of organoboron nucleophiles with aryl halide electrophiles is one of the most widely used carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions in organic and medicinal chemistry1,2. A key challenge associated with these transformations is that they generally require the addition of an exogenous base, the role of which is to enable transmetallation between the organoboron nucleophile and the metal catalyst3. This requirement limits the substrate scope of the reaction because the added base promotes competitive decomposition of many organoboron substrates3–5. As such, considerable research has focused on strategies for mitigating base-mediated side reactions6–12. Previous efforts have primarily focused either on designing strategically masked organoboron reagents (to slow base-mediated decomposition)6–8 or on developing highly active palladium precatalysts (to accelerate cross-coupling relative to base-mediated decomposition pathways)10–12. An attractive alternative approach involves identifying combinations of catalyst and electrophile that enable Suzuki–Miyaura-type reactions to proceed without an exogenous base12–14. Here we use this approach to develop a nickel-catalysed coupling of aryl boronic acids with acid fluorides15–17, which are formed in situ from readily available carboxylic acids18–22. This combination of catalyst and electrophile enables a mechanistic manifold in which a ‘transmetallation-active’ aryl nickel fluoride intermediate is generated directly in the catalytic cycle13,16. As such, this transformation does not require an exogenous base and is applicable to a wide range of base-sensitive boronic acids and biologically active carboxylic acids.

Nickel-catalysed decarbonylative borylation of aroyl fluorides

The first Ni(cod)2/PPh3 catalyst system has been established for decarbonylative borylation of aroyl fluorides with bis(pinacolato)diboron. A wide range of functional groups in the substrates were well tolerated. The ease of access of the starting aroyl fluorides indicates that these results might become an alternative to the existing decarbonylation events.