Umpolung of fluoroform by C-F bond activation: Direct difluoromethylation of lithium enolates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 9535-9538

  Iida, Toshiaki ^a   Hashimoto, Ryota ^a   Aikawa, Kohsuke ^a   Ito, Shigekazu ^a   Mikami, Koichi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C F bond activation; fluorine; lithium; synthetic methods; umpolung

Indexed keywords

C-C BOND FORMATION; C-F BONDS; CARBOCATIONS; DOUBLE AGENTS; FLUOROFORMS; LATE TRANSITION METALS; LITHIUM ENOLATES; QUATERNARY CENTERS; SYNTHETIC METHODS; UMPOLUNG;

FLUORINE; LITHIUM; OLEFINS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; KETONE; LITHIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SYNTHESIS;

HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; KETONES; LITHIUM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84866370679     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203588     Document Type: Article

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