The Less Smelly Way
December 2, 2019This paper came to our attention thanks to one of our Project Managers, always watching for new useful reactions. Check it out now!
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March 9, 2015Condensed-Phase, Halogen-Bonded CF3I and C2F5I Adducts for Perfluoroalkylation Reactions An old reagent for trifluoromethylation turned user-friendly. It is a pity that…
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Review of the month: Fluorination Methods
February 16, 2015It is curious how these things happen. These last weeks I have been checking old entries of the blog, and I…
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December 1, 2011Synthesis of 2-(Trifluoromethyl)oxazoles from ß-Monosubstituted Enamines via PhI(OCOCF3)2-Mediated Trifluoroacetoxylation and Cyclization Synthesis of trifluoromethylated oxazoles from enamines and PIFA. If this…
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December 1, 2011What can we say? CPhI is really important and we had some very important activities going on, such as preparing the…
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October 1, 2011Silver-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of Arenes Using TMSCF3 Introduction of the trifluoromethyl moiety into aromatic rings. And now by Sanford et al. (University…
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October 1, 2011Copper-Catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp3) Bond Formation Using a Hypervalent Iodine Reagent: An Efficient Allylic Trifluoromethylation Introduction of the trifluoromethyl moiety in allylic positions….
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October 1, 2011Innate C-H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles Introduction of the trifluoromethyl moiety into heterocycles. I admit that I almost missed this paper. Honestly,…
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April 1, 2010From Carboxylic Acids to the Trifluoromethyl Group Using BrF3 A method to convert carboxylic acids into trifluoromethyl groups. This paper by…
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