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β-fluoroamphetamines via the stereoselective synthesis of benzylic fluorides
Cresswell, Alexander J.,Davies, Stephen G.,Lee, James A.,Roberts, Paul M.,Russell, Angela J.,Thomson, James E.,Tyte, Melloney J.
, p. 2936 - 2939 (2010)
A range of substituted aryl epoxides undergo efficient ring-opening hydrofluorination upon treatment with 0.33 equiv of BF3-OEt 2 in CH2Cl2 at -20 -°C to give the corresponding syn-fluorohydrins, consistent with a mechanism involving a stereoselective SN1-type epoxide ring-opening process. The benzylic fluoride products of these reactions are valuable templates for further elaboration, as demonstrated by the preparation of a range of aryl-substituted β-fluoroamphetamines.
