Diastereoselective Monofluorocyclopropanation Using Fluoromethylsulfonium Salts

Org Lett. 2019 Sep 6;21(17):7174-7178. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02867. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

Abstract

Diarylfluoromethylsulfonium salts, alternatives to freons or advanced fluorinated building blocks, are bench stable and easy-to-use sources of direct fluoromethylene (:CHF) transfer to alkenes. These salts enabled development of a trans-selective monofluorinated Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky reaction with vinyl sulfones or vinyl sulfonamides to access synthetically challenging monofluorocyclopropane scaffolds. The described method offers rapid access to monofluorinated cyclopropane building blocks with further functionalization opportunities to deliver more complex synthetic targets diastereoselectively.