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Generation and Carbonyl Addition Reactions of Dibromofluoromethyllithium Derived from Tribromofluoromethane as Applied to the Stereoselective Synthesis of Fluoro Olefins and 2-Bromo-2-fluoro-1,3-alkanediols
Published Dec 1, 1998 · M. Shimizu, N. Yamada, Y. Takebe
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
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Abstract
The treatment of tribromofluoromethane with BuLi in THF–Et2O (2 : 1) at −130 °C generated dibromofluoromethyllithium, which was allowed to react smoothly with a coexisting aldehyde or ketone (RR′C=O) to give fluorinated alcohol RR′C(OH)CFBr2 (3) in good yield. Alcohol 3 was converted stereoselectively to (E)-1-bromo-1,2-difluoro olefin 5 via fluorination with Et2NSF3, followed by dehydrobromination with lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide, while (E)-1-bromo-1-fluoro olefin was obtained with high selectivity by acetylation of 3, followed by reductive elimination using EtMgBr/(i-Pr)2NH. Difluoro olefin 5 underwent a cross-coupling reaction with an aryl, alkenyl, or alkynylmetal reagent to afford the corresponding fluoro olefin with retention of configuration. On the other hand, the treatment of RCH[OCH2O(CH2)2OCH3]CFBr2 with BuLi at −130 °C in the presence of 4-heptanone gave the corresponding adduct diastereoselectively. The stereochemical outcome is explained in terms of chelation between lithium and ox...
Dibromofluoromethyllithium from tribromofluoromethane can be used for the stereoselective synthesis of fluoro olefins and 2-Bromo-2-fluoro-1,3-alkanediols, with potential applications in pharmaceutical
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