Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
E-ISSN: 1521-3765|20|25|7803-7810
ISSN: 0947-6539
Source: CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Vol.20, Iss.25, 2014-06, pp. : 7803-7810
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Abstract
AbstractThe direct conversion of diaryl ketones and enolizable aliphatic aldehydes into gem‐difluoroalkenes has been a long‐standing challenge in organofluorine chemistry. Herein, we report efficient strategies to tackle this problem by using difluoromethyl 2‐pyridyl sulfone as a general gem‐difluoroolefination reagent. The gem‐difluoroolefination of diaryl ketones proceeds by acid‐promoted Smiles rearrangement of the carbinol intermediate; the gem‐difluoroolefination is otherwise difficult to achieve through a conventional Julia–Kocienski olefination protocol under basic conditions due to the retro‐aldol type decomposition of the key intermediate. Efficient gem‐difluoroolefination of aliphatic aldehydes was achieved by the use of an amide base generated in situ (from CsF and tris(trimethylsilyl)amine), which diminishes the undesired enolization of aliphatic aldehydes and provides a powerful synthetic method for chemoselective gem‐difluoroolefination of multi‐carbonyl compounds. Our results provide new insights into the mechanistic understanding of the classical Julia–Kocienski reaction.
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