Photoredox Polyfluoroarylation of Alkyl Halides via Halogen Atom Transfer

Org Lett. 2022 Jan 28;24(3):916-920. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04267. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

Abstract

Polyfluoroarene moieties are of interest in medicinal chemistry, agrochemicals, and material sciences. Herein, we present the first polyfluoroarylation of unactivated alkyl halides via a halogen atom transfer process. This method converts primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl halides into the respective polyfluoroaryl compounds in good yields in the presence of amide, carbamate, ester, aromatic, and sulfonamide moieties, including derivatives of complex bioactive molecules. Mechanistic work revealed that this transformation proceeds through an alkyl radical generated after the halogen atom transfer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Amides / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Halogens* / chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemical synthesis
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / chemical synthesis
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Photochemical Processes

Substances

  • Halogens
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated
  • Amides