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Precise Construction of SCF<sub>2</sub>H or SeCF<sub>2</sub>H Groups on Heteroarenes Generated <i>in Situ</i> from CF<sub>3</sub>-Containing 1,3-Enynes

Shengnan Jin, Zhijie Kuang, Qiuling Song

2020Organic Letters65 citationsDOI

Abstract

A divergent strategy for precise construction of SCF2H or SeCF2H groups on heteroarenes generated in situ from CF3-containing 1,3-enynes was developed. Reactions of readily available 1,3-enynes with S8 and ClCF2H provided 3-SCF2H-4-CF3-thiophenes via a cascade thiophene construction/selective C3 position thiolation/difluoromethylthiolation process, as did a series of 3-SeCF2H-4-CF3-selenophenes by similar strategies. The plausible radical annulation process for the construction of the thiophene ring and difluorocarbene generated in situ was confirmed by experiment.

Topics & Concepts

DifluorocarbeneChemistryIn situThiopheneAnnulationRing (chemistry)CascadeRegioselectivityCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryMedicinal chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisChromatographyFluorine in Organic ChemistryInorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds