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  • Copper-catalyzed nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of propargylic halides.

Copper-catalyzed nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of propargylic halides.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2013-07-26)
Yoshihiro Miyake, Shin-ichi Ota, Masashi Shibata, Kazunari Nakajima, Yoshiaki Nishibayashi
ABSTRACT

Reactions of propargylic halides with trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate (CuTC) have been found to give the corresponding trifluoromethylated products in good to high yields with a high selectivity.

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2-Thiophenecarboxylic acid, ReagentPlus®, 99%