The
low-cost
formate
salt
was
used
as
the
reductant
and
part
of
carboxyl
source
in
a
visible-light-driven
dicarboxylation
diverse
alkenes,
including
simple
styrenes.
highly
competing
hydrocarboxylation
side
reaction
successfully
overridden.
Good
yields
products
were
obtained
under
mild
reactions
at
ambient
temperature
pressure
CO2.
dual
role
may
stimu-late
discovery
range
new
transformations
friendly
conditions.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(24), P. 15991 - 16011
Published: Nov. 28, 2023
Carbon
dioxide
radical
anion
(CO2•–)
is
a
highly
reactive
nucleophilic
species
that
has
recently
emerged
in
organic
chemistry
as
strong
single
electron
donor
(reductant)
and
reactant
for
the
synthesis
of
carboxylic
acids.
In
general,
CO2•–
can
be
generated
by
either
direct
reduction
CO2
or
HAT
formate
salts.
Achievements
reactions
involving
have
been
witnessed
recent
years.
This
Review
summarizes
advances
highlighting
some
challenges
identifying
potential
areas
improvement,
which
may
offer
inspiration
future
studies.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(16), P. 6178 - 6183
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Low-cost
formate
salt
was
used
as
the
reductant
and
part
of
carboxyl
source
in
a
visible-light-driven
dicarboxylation
diverse
alkenes,
including
simple
styrenes.
The
highly
competing
hydrocarboxylation
side
reaction
successfully
overridden.
Good
yields
products
were
obtained
under
mild
conditions
at
ambient
temperature
pressure
CO
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25(51), P. 9124 - 9129
Published: Nov. 17, 2023
Herein,
we
describe
a
novel
and
efficient
photoredox
catalytic
Cα
radical
addition/defluoroalkylation
coupling
reaction
between
α-trifluoromethyl
alkenes
N-trifluoroethyl
hydroxylamine.
A
series
of
gem-difluoroallylated
α-trifluoromethylamines
were
synthesized
by
the
addition
enabled
1,2-H
shift
in
situ-generated
radical.
Notably,
this
protocol
is
distinguished
its
mild
conditions,
easy
operation,
excellent
functional
group
tolerability.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 1, 2025
A
visible-light-mediated
protocol
employing
a
halogen
atom
transfer
strategy
(XAT)
has
been
developed
for
the
synthesis
of
homoallylic
difluorinated
compounds.
Employing
dual-catalysis
reactivity
manifold,
which
includes
cobaloxime
catalyst,
reaction
occurs
without
exogenous
oxidant
and
under
mild
conditions.
The
applicability
unactivated
olefins,
wide
variety
halogenated
precursors,
access
to
diverse
family
difluoromethylated
molecular
architectures
are
highlights
this
method.
ChemCatChem,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(8)
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Abstract
The
selective
C−F
bonds
functionalization
in
available
trifluoromethyl
compounds
is
an
economic
route
for
obtaining
high‐value
organic
fluorine
compounds.
However,
due
to
the
high
dissociation
energy
group,
strength
of
bond
decreases
continuously
during
defluorination,
posing
a
challenge
modifying
such
molecules
without
over‐conversion.
Over
past
few
years,
there
has
been
significant
progress
developing
efficient
methods
constructing
difluoromethylene
unit,
using
approaches
as
radical
chemistry,
photochemistry,
electrochemistry,
and
organometallic
chemistry.
These
involve
difluorocarbon
radicals,
cations,
anions,
carbenes
intermediates.
In
this
review,
we
summarized
recent
five
years
research
achievements
field
single
cleavage
aromatic
carbonyl
gain
diverse
difluoromethylene‐containing
via
different
intermediate
strategies.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(15), P. 8694 - 8700
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Visible-light-induced
hydroxycarboxylation
of
α-trifluoromethylstyrenes
under
an
air
atmosphere
was
developed
to
construct
densely
functionalized
α-CF
3
tertiary
alcohols.
Chemistry - An Asian Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 11, 2024
β-(Trifluoromethyl)styrenes
are
potentially
useful
building
blocks
for
the
synthesis
of
organofluorine
compounds
because
their
electron-deficient
C=C
double
bonds
can
undergo
diverse
transformations.
One
most
practical
methods
preparing
β-(trifluoromethyl)styrenes
is
decarboxylative
trifluoromethylation
readily
available
cinnamic
acid
derivatives
using
Langlois
reagent
as
a
less
expensive
trifluoromethyl
source.
We
revisited
electrochemical
to
identify
modified
conditions
that
reduce
loading
without
additional
additives.
The
reaction
mechanism
was
computationally
investigated
gain
insight
into
dependence
product
yields
on
aryl
terminal
groups.
synthetic
utility
obtained
demonstrated
by
transformation
4-aryl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrrolidines.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 6, 2024
We
report,
for
the
first
time,
a
visible-light-promoted
Markovnikov
hydroalkoxylation
of
α-trifluoromethyl
alkenes
with
1,2-diketones.
This
transformation
proceeded
smoothly
in
presence
tertiary
amine
(Et
The
low-cost
formate
salt
was
used
as
the
reductant
and
part
of
carboxyl
source
in
a
visible-light-driven
dicarboxylation
diverse
alkenes,
including
simple
styrenes.
highly
competing
hydrocarboxylation
side
reaction
successfully
overridden.
Good
yields
products
were
obtained
under
mild
reactions
at
ambient
temperature
pressure
CO2.
dual
role
may
stimu-late
discovery
range
new
transformations
friendly
conditions.