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- Title
Oxidation of difluorocarbene and subsequent trifluoromethoxylation.
- Authors
Yu, Jiao; Lin, Jin-Hong; Yu, Donghai; Du, Ruobing; Xiao, Ji-Chang
- Abstract
As a versatile intermediate, difluorocarbene is an electron-deficient transient species, meaning that its oxidation would be challenging. Herein we show that the oxidation of difluorocarbene could occur smoothly to generate carbonyl fluoride. The oxidation process is confirmed by successful trifluoromethoxylation, 18O-trifluoromethoxylation, the observation of AgOCF3 species, and DFT calculations. Difluorocarbene is a versatile and efficient intermediate for fluorine incorporation. Here, the authors show that difluorocarbene can be oxidized to carbonyl fluoride and this process is confirmed in 18O-trifluoromethoxylation reactions, by observation of AgOCF3 species and theory.
- Subjects
OXIDATION; ELECTRON-deficient compounds; FLUORINE; DENSITY functional theory; SILVER
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-13359-z