Abstract
In order to evaluate more deeply the nature of the activation of oxirane ring opening reactions by HFIP, ring opening of both CF 3-epoxy ethers 1a (R = Ph) and 1b (R = CH 2CH 2Ph) with HFIP alone, and with hard (MeOH) or soft (PhSH) nucleophiles in HFIP, were investigated and compared to reactions performed with Brönsted acids. Nucleophilic ring opening reactions in HFIP were facilitated with PhSH and only α-substituted trifluoromethyl ketone 5 was isolated (nucleophilic ring opening), while with MeOH, both processes, nucleophile and electrophile-assisted ring opening were in competition. In the Brönsted acid-catalysed ring opening of 1-CF 3-epoxy ethers 1 in HFIP, only the acid-catalysed ring opening process occurred with an inversed regioselectivity.
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