Thursday, August 25, 2011

Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Unactivated Olefins

Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Unactivated Olefins: Thumbnail image of graphical abstract
Activating the inactive: A copper-catalyzed allylic trifluoromethylation of unactivated terminal olefins proceeds under mild conditions to produce linear allylic trifluoromethylated products with high E/Z selectivity (see scheme). The reaction can be applied to a range of substrates bearing numerous functional groups. Furthermore, the reaction is scalable and amenable to a benchtop setup.

Would Chris's complexes or even Cu(TPA) do this reaction better?

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