Chemistry Letters

Facile Synthesis of. BETA.,. BETA.-Difluorostyrenes via the Negishi Coupling of Thermally Stable 2, 2-Difluorovinyl Zinc-TMEDA Complex

T Fujita, T Ichitsuka, K Fuchibe, J Ichikawa

Index: Fujita, Takeshi; Ichitsuka, Tomohiro; Fuchibe, Kohei; Ichikawa, Junji Chemistry Letters, 2011 , vol. 40, # 9 p. 986 - 988

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Abstract

2, 2-Difluorovinylzinc chloride–TMEDA complex, readily prepared from 1, 1-difluoroethylene, undergoes the palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction with aryl halides to afford β, β- difluorostyrenes in high yield. This reaction not only proceeds smoothly with sterically hindered triflates and halides including chlorides, but also exhibits excellent chemoselectivities for multi-halogenated substrates. The intermediary TMEDA complex ...