Norbert Lui, A. Marhold, M. Rock
Mar 19, 1998
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
The treatment of phenyl chloroformates 1 with a Lewis acid in the liquid phase resulted in decarboxylation to the corresponding chloroaromatics 2. Fluoroaromatic compounds were synthesized from phenylchloroformates 1 through a sequential fluorination/decarboxylation in the liquid phase by treatment with excess anhydrous hydrogen fluoride under mild conditions. In all cases, yields were increased by performing the reaction in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, which is inert to Friedel-Crafts reactions.