Radical trideuteromethylation with deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide in the synthesis of heterocycles and labelled building blocks

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Oct 13;52(84):12486-12489. doi: 10.1039/c6cc07196a.

Abstract

The potential of deuterated pharmaceuticals is being widely demonstrated. Here we describe the first trideuteromethylation under radical reaction conditions using deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide as a reagent for the synthesis of labelled heterocycles and trideuteromethylated compounds. A broad scope of the developed method for the synthesis of various scaffolds was demonstrated.