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Sulfinate-Promoted Defluorinative Cyclization of Polyfluoroalkyl Tetralones Enabled by Photocatalysis
Ming-Yao Tang1, Xiao-Ying Li1, Xiao-Xiao Sun1
1Technical Institute of Fluorochemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
Abstract:
A Ru-catalyzed defluorinative cyclization of polyfluoroalkyl tetralones has been developed under visible-light irradiation for the precise assembly of γ-pyrones featuring α-perfluoroalkyl and β-fluorine substituents. Selective functionalization of five C(sp3)-F bonds at three carbon sites on the perfluoroalkyl chain provides a new mode for utilizing polyfluorides as versatile synthons to access difficult-to-obtain heterocyclic scaffolds. Moreover, the sulfinate salt serves dual roles as an oxygen source for creating the carbonyl group and as a defluorinating promoter.
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