Abstract
In contrast to an earlier report advocating a copper-mediated trifluoromethylation of ortho-iodophenyl triflate, ortho-trifluoromethyl phenyl triflate may be prepared simply by reacting the corresponding phenol with triflic anhydride in the presence of a nucleophilic catalyst and stoichiometric base.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2547-2548 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 17 |
Early online date | 4 Aug 2004 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Sep 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |