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SUBMITTER: Nagib DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310169 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090801 31
The first enantioselective, organocatalytic alpha-trifluoromethylation and alpha-perfluoroalkylation of aldehydes have been accomplished using a readily available iridium photocatalyst and a chiral imidazolidinone catalyst. A range of alpha-trifluoromethyl and alpha-perfluoroalkyl aldehydes were obtained from commercially available perfluoroalkyl halides with high efficiency and enantioselectivity. The resulting alpha-trifluoromethyl aldehydes were subsequently shown to be versatile precursors f ...[more]