Abstract
Difluoromethoxyarene moieties have been demonstrated to impart desirable physio-chemical properties to organic molecules. Presented herein is a shelf-stable radical difluoromethoxylating reagent that enables facile and direct C(sp2)-H difluoromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes under blue light photoredox catalysis. 4-Cyano-1-(difluoromethoxy)pyridin-1-ium trifluoromethanesulfonate is prepared in one simple step from the parent pyridine N-oxide. The current protocol tolerates a variety of synthetically and pharmacologically relevant functional groups. Applicability toward the late-stage functionalization of APIs and druglike molecules is also demonstrated.
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