Tao Dong, Qilong Shen and Gavin Chit Tsui
Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 11550-11556
Abstract
A well-defined [Ph4P]+[Cu(CF2CF3)2]− complex acts as a versatile pentafluoroethylating reagent for the construction of C(sp3)–, C(sp2)– and C(sp)–CF2CF3 bonds.
Zhengjie Fu and Gavin Chit Tsui
Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4697-4701
Abstract
One reagent, the [CuCF2CF3] prepared from HCF2CF3, is capable of diverse pentafluoroethylation reactions of styrene derivatives.
Yihan Tang and Gavin Chit Tsui
Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4366-4370
Abstract
A copper-catalyzed pentafluoroethylation of aryl/alkenyl iodides is described using Et3SiCF2CF3 as a direct CF2CF3 source. An intriguing selective photocatalytic hydrodefluorination of pentafluoroethylarenes is also discovered.
Yuyang Zhou, Ryohei Doi and Sensuke Ogoshi
Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 11504-11507
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Chemical Communications HOT Articles 2023
Abstract
Herein, we report the insertion of a difluoromethylene into 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-2-arylethyl copper complexes to synthesize extended perfluoroalkyl-bridged compounds with various functional groups on each edge.
He-Ping Li, Xiang-Hong He, Cheng Peng, Jun-Long Li and Bo Han
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2023,40, 988-1021
Abstract
This review summarizes the applications of late-stage strategies in the direct trifluoromethylation of natural products in the past ten years, with particular emphasis on the reaction model of each method.