Synthesis and application of well-defined [Ph4P]+[Cu(CF2CF3)2]− complex as a versatile pentafluoroethylating reagent

Tao Dong; Qilong Shen; Gavin Chit Tsui

doi:10.1039/D4SC02075H

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Synthesis and application of well-defined [Ph₄P]⁺[Cu(CF₂CF₃)₂]⁻ complex as a versatile pentafluoroethylating reagent†

Tao Dong,^a Qilong Shen

*^b and Gavin Chit Tsui

*^ac

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^a Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
E-mail: gctsui@cuhk.edu.hk

^b Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, China
E-mail: shenql@sioc.ac.cn

^c Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

Abstract

We herein describe the preparation and application of a new bispentafluoroethylated organocuprate [Ph₄P]⁺[Cu(CF₂CF₃)₂]⁻. This complex has demonstrated a remarkable range of reactivities towards carboxylic acids, diazonium salts, organic halides, boronic esters, terminal alkynes and (hetero)arenes as a versatile pentafluoroethylating reagent. The construction of C(sp³)–/C(sp²)–/C(sp)–CF₂CF₃ bonds can therefore be achieved using a single reagent.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC02075H
Article type: Edge Article
Submitted: 28 Mar 2024
Accepted: 07 Jun 2024
First published: 20 Jun 2024
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Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article

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Synthesis and application of well-defined [Ph₄P]⁺[Cu(CF₂CF₃)₂]⁻ complex as a versatile pentafluoroethylating reagent

T. Dong, Q. Shen and G. C. Tsui, Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02075H

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