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Thiourea-Catalyzed C?F Bond Activation: Amination of Benzylic Fluorides
Houle, Camille,Savoie, Paul R.,Davies, Clotilde,Jardel, Damien,Champagne, Pier Alexandre,Bibal, Brigitte,Paquin, Jean-Fran?ois
supporting information, p. 10620 - 10625 (2020/07/24)
We describe the first thiourea-catalyzed C?F bond activation. The use of a thiourea catalyst and Ti(OiPr)4 as a fluoride scavenger allows the amination of benzylic fluorides to proceed in moderate to excellent yields. Preliminary results with S- and O-based nucleophiles are also presented. DFT calculations reveal the importance of hydrogen bonds between the catalyst and the fluorine atom of the substrate to lower the activation energy during the transition state.
Friedel-crafts reaction of benzyl fluorides: Selective activation of C-f bonds as enabled by hydrogen bonding
Champagne, Pier Alexandre,Benhassine, Yasmine,Desroches, Justine,Paquin, Jean-Franois
supporting information, p. 13835 - 13839 (2015/02/05)
A Friedel-Crafts benzylation of arenes with benzyl fluorides has been developed. The reaction produces 1,1-diaryl alkanes in good yield under mild conditions without the need for a transition metal or a strong Lewis acid. A mechanism involving activation of the C-F bond through hydrogen bonding is proposed. This mode of activation enables the selective reaction of benzylic C-F bonds in the presence of other benzylic leaving groups.
The reactions of copper-dibromodifluoromethane-amide systems with alcohols
Clark, James H.,McClinton, Martin A.,Blade, Robert J.
, p. 257 - 267 (2007/10/02)
1,1,1-Trifluoro-2-arylethanes can be prepared by the trifluoromethyldehydroxylation of benzyl alcohols using the copper-dibromodifluoromethane-amide reaction system, although the yields are low.The mechanism of the reaction may involve chelation of the substrate to copper so that α-substituted benzyl alcohols and other alcohols are unreactive.
