Palladium-catalyzed amination of 2,3,3-trifluoroallyl esters: synthesis of trifluoromethylenamines via an intramolecular fluorine shift and CF3 group construction

Abstract

The palladium-catalyzed reaction of 2,3,3-trifluoroallyl esters with several types of amines afforded trifluoromethylenamines, which were formed by the addition of a nitrogen nucleophile at the C-2 position and the intramolecular construction of the trifluoromethyl group via the fluorine atom shift from the C-2 to the C-3 position.