Combining Fluoroalkylation and Defluorination to Enable Formal [3 + 2 + 1] Heteroannulation by Using Visible-Light Photoredox Organocatalysis

Xue Qiang Chu, Ting Xie, Lin Li, Danhua Ge, Zhi Liang Shen, Teck Peng Loh

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Abstract

A metal-free, visible-light photoredox-catalyzed three-component [3 + 2 + 1] heteroannulation for accessing modular fluoroalkylated pyrimidines from readily available silyl enol ether, amidine, and fluoroalkyl halide is developed. This protocol distinguishes itself by broad functional group tolerance in a regioselective manner, which provides a complement to the existing methods for the construction of pharmaceutically and biologically active organofluorine compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2749-2752
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume20
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 May 2018

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