Visible-light-induced photocatalytic four-component fluoroalkylation–dithiocarbamylation via difunctionalization of styrenes

Abstract

Herein we demonstrate that a visible-light-induced photocatalytic four-component fluoroalkylation–dithiocarbamylation is a unified method for the fluoroalkylation of diverse activated fluoroalkyl halides, including monofluoroalkyl bromides, difluoroalkyl bromides, trifluoromethyl iodide, and perfluoroalkyl iodides. The synthetic value of this method has been demonstrated by the transformations of various substrates containing drug/natural product skeletons, gram scale reactions, and further derivatizations of the fluorodithiocarbamate products. This work features an atom economical protocol that is simple to operate, does not require any additives or strong bases, and can be carried out under mild conditions.