Difluoromethylsulfonyl Imidazolium Salt for Difluoromethylation of Alkenes

Org Lett. 2022 Oct 21;24(41):7611-7616. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03073. Epub 2022 Oct 6.

Abstract

Herein, we describe the design and synthesis of a difluoromethylsulfonyl imidazolium salt, which can act as a radical difluoromethylation reagent to achieve the challenging amino- and oxy-difluoromethylation of alkenes. Notably, the three steps for the synthesis of the imidazolium salt do not require any tedious distillation or column chromatography purification process, and the amino- and oxy-difluoromethylation paths are simply determined by the selection of reaction solvents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkenes* / chemistry
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Sodium Chloride*
  • Solvents

Substances

  • Alkenes
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Solvents