Copper-catalyzed carbo-difluoromethylation of alkenes via radical relay

Compounds that contain alkyl-difluoromethyl moieties are of interest for medicinal chemistry, but their synthesis is challenging. Here, the authors report a copper-catalyzed radical relay approach for the carbodifluoromethylation of alkenes that simultaneously introduces CF2H groups and complex alky...

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Main Authors: Aijie Cai, Wenhao Yan, Xiaojun Zeng, Samson B. Zacate, Tzu-Hsuan Chao, Jeanette A. Krause, Mu-Jeng Cheng, Wei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23590-2