Intermaggio NE, Millet A, Davis DL, MacMillan DWC. Deoxytrifluoromethylation of Alcohols.
J Am Chem Soc 2022;
144:11961-11968. [PMID:
35786873 DOI:
10.1021/jacs.2c04807]
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Abstract
Deoxy-functionalization of alcohols represents a class of reactions that has had a profound impact on modern medicine. In particular, deoxyfluorination is commonly employed as a means to incorporate high-value fluorine atoms into drug-like molecules. Recently, the trifluoromethyl (CF3) group has garnered attention from medicinal chemists due to its ability to markedly improve the pharmaceutical properties of small-molecule drug candidates. To date, however, there remains no general means to accomplish the analogous deoxygenative trifluoromethylation of alcohols. We report herein a copper metallaphotoredox-mediated direct deoxytrifluoromethylation, wherein alcohol substrates are activated in situ by benzoxazolium salts for C(sp3)-CF3 bond formation.
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