Abstract
A new method for the synthesis of trifluoromethylated acetylenes is developed which involves the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of alkynyltrifluoroborates with an electrophilic trifluoromethylating reagent. This method offers significant advantages such as efficiency and mild and base-free reaction conditions. A plausible mechanism is proposed. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6646-6649 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 49 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2012 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: We acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21072030) and the Fuzhou University (022318) to Z.W. and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to K.-W.H.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Drug Discovery