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SUBMITTER: Neufeld J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7356369 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20200710
Substrate specificity is ubiquitous in biological catalysis, but less pervasive in the realm of small-molecule catalysis. Herein, we disclose an intriguing example of substrate specificity that was observed whilst exploring catalysis-based routes to generate α-fluoroketones from terminal and internal alkynes under the auspices of I(I)/I(III) catalysis. Utilising <i>p</i>-TolI as an inexpensive organocatalyst with Selectfluor<sup>®</sup> and amine/HF mixtures, the formation of protected α-fluorok ...[more]