Issue 18, 2014

Addition of CF3 across unsaturated moieties: a powerful functionalization tool

Abstract

In the last few years, the efficient introduction of trifluoromethyl groups in organic molecules has become a major research focus. This review highlights the recent developments enabling the incorporation of CF3 groups across unsaturated moieties, preferentially alkenes, and the mechanistic scenarios governing these transformations. We have specially focused on methods involving the simultaneous formation of C–CF3 and C–C or C–heteroatom bonds by formal addition reactions across π-systems, as such difunctionalization processes hold valuable synthetic potential.

Graphical abstract: Addition of CF3 across unsaturated moieties: a powerful functionalization tool

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
15 Jan 2014
First published
02 May 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014,43, 6598-6608

Addition of CF3 across unsaturated moieties: a powerful functionalization tool

E. Merino and C. Nevado, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6598 DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00025K

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