The synthetic utility of α, α-difluoro-α-phenylsulfanyl-α-trimethylsilylmethane (PhSCF2SiMe3; 1) as a difluoromethyl building block providing a general strategy to α, α-difluoromethyl aryl ketones was demonstrated. Oxidation, by using m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, of the readily available 1-aryl-2, 2-difluoro-2-phenylsulfanyl-1-trimethylsiloxyethanes obtained from fluoride-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of PhSCF2SiMe3 with aromatic aldehydes ...
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