ChemInform Abstract: Nucleophilic Fluoromethylation of Aldehydes with Fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane: The Importance of Strong Li—O Coordination and Fluorine Substitution for C—C Bond Formation.

✍ Scribed by Xiao Shen; Laijun Zhang; Yanchuan Zhao; Lingui Zhu; Guangyu Li; Jinbo Hu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 34 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201125029

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In contrast to previous results, fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane (II) reacts readily with various aldehydes to give addition products in high yields.