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SUBMITTER: Levin MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537710 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20200824 35
We report an iodoarene-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of β,β-difluoroalkyl bromide building blocks. The transformation involves an oxidative rearrangement of α-bromostyrenes, utilizing HF-pyridine as the fluoride source and <i>m</i>-CPBA as the stoichiometric oxidant. A catalyst decomposition pathway was identified, which, in tandem with catalyst structure-activity relationship studies, facilitated the development of an improved catalyst providing higher enantioselectivity with lower catal ...[more]