Guang-Qi Hu, En-Ci Li, Hong-Hai Zhang and Wei Huang
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020,18, 6627-6633
DOI:
10.1039/D0OB01273D,
Communication
An efficient approach to install deuterium into mono-fluorinated (hetero)arenes by a Ag2CO3/Sphos-mediated HIE protocol with D2O as the deuterium source has been disclosed. This method showed a specific site selectivity of deuteration at the α-position of the fluorine atom, which is complementary to the existing transition metal-catalyzed HIE process.