PhenoFluor: Practical Synthesis, New Formulation, and Deoxyfluorination of Heteroaromatics

Org Process Res Dev. 2014 Aug 15;18(8):1041-1044. doi: 10.1021/op500121w. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

Abstract

We report a practical synthesis method of the reagent PhenoFluor on decagram scale, provide a new formulation of PhenoFluor as a toluene solution, which should decrease challenges associated with the moisture sensitivity of the reagent, and expand the substrate scope of deoxyfluorination with PhenoFluor to heteroaromatics.