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Trifluoromethyl Benzoate: A Versatile Trifluoromethoxylation Reagent
Zhou, Min,Ni, Chuanfa,Zeng, Yuwen,Hu, Jinbo
, p. 6801 - 6805 (2018)
Trifluoromethyl benzoate (TFBz) is developed as a new shelf-stable trifluoromethoxylation reagent, which can be easily prepared from inexpensive starting materials using KF as the only fluorine source. The synthetic potency of TFBz is demonstrated by trifluoromethoxylation-halogenation of arynes, nucleophilic substitution of alkyl (pseudo)halides, cross-coupling with aryl stannanes, and asymmetric difunctionalization of alkenes. The unprecedented trifluoromethoxylation-halogenation of arynes proceeds smoothly at room temperature with the aid of a crown ether-complexed potassium cation, which significantly stabilizes the trifluoromethoxide anion derived from TFBz.