N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysed pentafluorophenylation of aldehydes†
Abstract
N-heterocyclic carbenes have been utilized as highly efficient organocatalysts to catalyse multifluorophenylation of aldehydes with pentafluorophenyltrimethylsilane or bis(trimethylsilyl)tetrafluorobenzene to afford the corresponding fluorinated adducts in 49–99% yields.
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