Abstract
Benzotrifluoride (BTF), an eco-friendly solvent, can dissolve many organic and fluorous molecules because of the organic and fluorous motifs in its structure. Using BTF as solvent, we have developed a series of reactions for perfluoroalkylation of various unsaturated compounds upon photoirradiation with a Xe lamp through Pyrex. For example, alkynes, allenes, vinylcyclopropanes, isocyanides, diynes, dienes, and enynes successfully undergo regioselective perfluoroalkyliodination, perfluoroalkylselenation, and perfluoroalkyltelluration in BTF. In addition, the present photoinitiation procedure can be applied to trifluoromethylation
Highlights
In 1997, Curran and co-worker reported that BTF, is in a new class of ecofriendly solvents (Figure 1) and is a useful alternative solvent for organic reactions currently conducted in dichloromethane or related solvents [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]
BTF can act as a useful organic/fluorous hybrid solvent, and we have investigated a series of radical addition reactions of perfluoroalkyl iodides to unsaturated organic molecules using BTF as solvent
This review describes our recent studies on a series of highly selective perfluoroalkylations of a wide variety of unsaturated organic molecules with simultaneous introduction of heteroatom groups, which successfully take place in BTF upon photoirradiation
Summary
In 1997, Curran and co-worker reported that BTF (benzotrifluoride, CF3-Ph), is in a new class of ecofriendly solvents (Figure 1) and is a useful alternative solvent for organic reactions currently conducted in dichloromethane or related solvents [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]. BTF can act as a useful organic/fluorous hybrid solvent, and we have investigated a series of radical addition reactions of perfluoroalkyl iodides to unsaturated organic molecules using BTF as solvent. Perfluoroalkyl iodides exhibit their absorption maxima in the UV regions (max = 270 nm, = 4.9 x 10), and the absorption reaches to 350 nm (see, Figure 2). This review describes our recent studies on a series of highly selective perfluoroalkylations of a wide variety of unsaturated organic molecules with simultaneous introduction of heteroatom groups, which successfully take place in BTF upon photoirradiation.
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