NHC-catalyzed generation of difluorocarbene and its application to difluoromethylation of oxygen nucleophiles

Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

Volumn 133, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-60

  Fuchibe, Kohei ^a   Koseki, Yuta ^a   Aono, Tatsuya ^a   Sasagawa, Hisashi ^a   Ichikawa, Junji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difluorocarbene; Difluoromethyl ethers; Difluoromethyl imidates; Difluoromethylation; NHC; Organocatalyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84655176455     PISSN: 00221139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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