Chen, Yanchi; Ma, Guobin; Gong, Hegui published their research in Organic Letters on August 3 ,2018. The article was titled 《Copper-Catalyzed Reductive Trifluoromethylation of Alkyl Iodides with Togni’s Reagent》.Electric Literature of C15H19NO3 The article contains the following contents:
This work illustrates a reductive cross-electrophile coupling protocol for trifluoromethylation of alkyl iodides under Cu-catalyzed/Ni-promoted reaction conditions. The use of diboron esters as the terminal reductant allows the effective generation of the alkyl-CF3 products with excellent functional group tolerance and broad substrate scope. A mechanism involving a reaction of alkyl-Cu with Togni’s reagent was proposed. The experimental process involved the reaction of Benzyl 3-hydroxy-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-8-carboxylate(cas: 92652-76-1Electric Literature of C15H19NO3)
Benzyl 3-hydroxy-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-8-carboxylate(cas: 92652-76-1) belongs to esters. Esters are more polar than ethers but less polar than alcohols. Electric Literature of C15H19NO3 They participate in hydrogen bonds as hydrogen-bond acceptors, but cannot act as hydrogen-bond donors, unlike their parent alcohols. This ability to participate in hydrogen bonding confers some water-solubility.
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