Synthesis of Alkylated Monofluoroalkenes via Fe-Catalyzed Defluorinative Cross-Coupling of Donor Alkenes with gem-Difluoroalkenes

Org Lett. 2018 Apr 6;20(7):1924-1927. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00471. Epub 2018 Mar 19.

Abstract

A reductive cross-coupling of gem-difluoroalkenes with diverse unactivated and heteroatom substituted olefins through a Fe-catalyzed hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) strategy is reported. Different from the previous HAT-type olefin cross-coupling reactions, the presence of a fluorine atom in the molecule results in a stereoselective β-F cleavage, leading to a C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond formation. A wide variety of alkylated monofluoroalkenes were obtained in good efficiency with excellent Z selectivity under air- and water-tolerant reaction conditions. A similar defluorinative coupling reaction of monofluoroalkenes was also realized.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't