Activation of C-F bonds in preference to C-I bonds: Difluoromethylation of lithium enolates with trifluoromethyl iodide

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3819-3822

  Mikami, Koichi ^a   Tomita, Yuichi ^b   Itoh, Yoshimitsu ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage reactions; Enolates; Fluorine; Lithium

Indexed keywords

C-F BONDS; CLEAVAGE REACTION; ENOLATES; LITHIUM ENOLATES; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS; TRIFLUOROMETHYL;

FLUORINE;

LITHIUM;

EID: 77952655591     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000435     Document Type: Article

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