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Visible-light induced three-component alkynyl-difluoroalkylation of unactivated alkenes
Weiwei Jin1, Mingchang Wu, Zhimin Xiong
1Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, 688 Yingbin Road, Jinhua 321004, P. R. China. gangguo@zjnu.cn.
Abstract:
A visible-light induced three-component reaction of difluoroalkyl halides, unactivated alkenes, and alkynyl sulfones is described, providing a direct and general approach to the construction of synthetically valuable β-difluoroalkylated alkynes under room temperature conditions. This represents the first intermolecular alkynyl-difluoroalkylation of unactivated alkenes.
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