Decarboxylative arylation with diaryliodonium(<scp>iii</scp>) salts: alternative approach for catalyst-free difluoroenolate coupling to aryldifluoromethyl ketones
Kotaro Kikushima, Kohei Yamada, Narumi Umekawa, Natsumi Yoshio, Yasuyuki Kita, Toshifumi Dohi
Abstract
α-Aryl-α,α-difluoroketones were synthesized via decarboxylative arylation using diaryliodonium salts under catalyst-free conditions without organometallic intermediates. The products can be transformed into various difluorinated functional groups.
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CatalysisChemistryCoupling (piping)Combinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceMetallurgyFluorine in Organic ChemistryCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsOxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions