The ortho ‐Difluoroalkylation of Aryliodanes with Enol Silyl Ethers: Rearrangement Enabled by a Fluorine Effect

作者:Xin Huang; Yage Zhang; Chaoshen Zhang; Lei Zhang; Ying Xu; Lichun Kong; Prof. Zhi‐Xiang Wang; Prof. Dr. Bo Peng
来源:Angewandte Chemie, 2019, 131(18): 6017-6022.
DOI:10.1002/ange.201900745

摘要

Presented herein is an intriguing effect of fluorine, and it allows difluoroenol silyl ethers to couple with aryliodanes in a redox‐neutral manner to afford ortho ‐iodo difluoroalkylated arenes. The remaining iodide group provides a versatile platform for converting the products into various valuable difluoroalkylated arenes. The reaction shows excellent functional‐group compatibility and broad substrate scope. A DFT mechanistic study suggests that the fluorine effect facilitates a subtle nucleophilic attack of the oxygen atom of enol silyl ethers onto aryliodanes, therefore leading to a rearrangement.