Friedel-Crafts alkylations of arenes with mono- and bis(trifluoromethyl) oxiranes in superacid medium: Facile synthesis of α-(trifluoromethyl)- and α,α-bis(trifluoromethyl)-β-arylethanols

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1158-1162

  Prakash, G K Surya ^a   Linares Palomino, Pablo J ^a   Glinton, Kevin ^a   Chacko, Sujith ^a   Rasul, Golam ^a   Mathew, Thomas ^a   Olah, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Catalysis; Electrophilic aromatic substitutions; Epoxides; Ring opening

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRIFLUORO 3 (N PROPYLPHENYL)PROPAN 2 OL; 1,1,1 TRIFLUORO 3 PHENYLPROPAN 2 OL; 1,1,1 TRIFLUORO 3 TOLYLPROPAN 2 OL; 1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAFLUORO 2 (METHYLBENZYL)PROPAN 2 OL; 1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAFLUORO 2 (N PROPYLBENZYL)PROPAN 2 OL; 2 (2,5 DIEMTHYLBENZYL) 1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; 2 (DIEMTHYLBENZYL) 1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; 2 (ETHYLBENZYL) 1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; 2 BENZYL 1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; 3 (2,5 DIMETHYLPHENYL) 1,1,1 TRIFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; 3 (DIMETHYLPHENYL) 1,1,1 TRIFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; 3 ETHYLPHENYL 1,1,1 TRIFLUOROPROPAN 2 OL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA (TRIFLUOROMETHYL) BETA ARYLETHANOL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA,ALPHA BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL) BETA ARYLETHANOL DERIVATIVE; BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)OXIRANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; MONO(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)OXIRANE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34248346754     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-977423     Document Type: Article

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