Visible-light-induced Trifluoromethylation of highly functionalized arenes and heteroarenes in continuous flow

I. Abdiaj, C. Bottecchia, J. Alcazar, T. Noël

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Abstract

We report a continuous-flow protocol for the trifluoromethylation of arenes, heteroarenes, and benzofused heterocycles. This photoredox methodology relies on the use of solid sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate (CF 3 SO 2 Na) as the trifluoromethylating agent and the iridium complex [Ir{dF(CF 3)ppy} 2 ](dtbpy)]PF 6 as the photoredox catalyst. A diverse set of highly functionalized heterocycles proved compatible with the methodology, and moderate to good yields were obtained within 30 minutes of residence time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4978-4985
Number of pages8
JournalSynthesis
Volume49
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Nov 2017

Keywords

  • continuous flow
  • Langlois reagent
  • photoredox catalysis
  • trifluoromethylation
  • visible light

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