Electrochemical Intermolecular Trifluoromethyl-imination of Alkenes

Abstract

In this paper, we report the electrochemical trifluoromethyl-imination of olefins in which cheap and readily available sodium triflinate serves as a precursor for the trifluoromethyl radical and imine of diaryl ketones serves as a substitute for amines, and the products obtained are readily hydrolyzed to primary amine compounds, a class of compounds that do not readily survive electrochemical oxidation conditions, under acidic conditions.