Chemical Communications 2011-04-14

Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl boronic acids using a CF3+ reagent.

Jun Xu, Dong-Fen Luo, Bin Xiao, Zhao-Jing Liu, Tian-Jun Gong, Yao Fu, Lei Liu

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 47 , 4300-4302, (2011)

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Abstract

A copper-catalyzed process for trifluoromethylation of aryl, heteroaryl, and vinyl boronic acids has been developed. The reaction is conducted under mild conditions and shows tolerance to moisture and a variety of functional groups.