Development of practical and versatile electrophilic difluoromethylating reagent is still a grand challenge so far due to its inherent instability or low reactivity.Herein,we report the design and synthesis of difluor...Development of practical and versatile electrophilic difluoromethylating reagent is still a grand challenge so far due to its inherent instability or low reactivity.Herein,we report the design and synthesis of difluoromethyl phenoxathiinium tetrafluoroborate(PT-CF_(2)H^(+)BF_(4)^(-)) as a novel difluoromethylating reagent,which proves to be a bench-stable,general,powerful and versatile reagent with divergent·CF_(2)H,CF_(2)H^(+),and:CF_(2) reactivities.Making use of this reagent,we demonstrated a vast array of difluoromethyl radical transfer reactions via diverse pathways involving photocatalyst-free visible-light induction,visible-light photoredox catalysis and visible-light mediation single electron transfer of EDA complex.Moreover,the green and highly effective CF_(2)H^(+) and:CF_(2) transfer reactions were also readily accomplished.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(92056201)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2023A1515011008)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(the Stable Support Plan Program 20220808130958001)。
文摘Development of practical and versatile electrophilic difluoromethylating reagent is still a grand challenge so far due to its inherent instability or low reactivity.Herein,we report the design and synthesis of difluoromethyl phenoxathiinium tetrafluoroborate(PT-CF_(2)H^(+)BF_(4)^(-)) as a novel difluoromethylating reagent,which proves to be a bench-stable,general,powerful and versatile reagent with divergent·CF_(2)H,CF_(2)H^(+),and:CF_(2) reactivities.Making use of this reagent,we demonstrated a vast array of difluoromethyl radical transfer reactions via diverse pathways involving photocatalyst-free visible-light induction,visible-light photoredox catalysis and visible-light mediation single electron transfer of EDA complex.Moreover,the green and highly effective CF_(2)H^(+) and:CF_(2) transfer reactions were also readily accomplished.
