Volume 60, Issue 16 pp. 8818-8822
Communication

Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Defluorinative Carbonylative Coupling of Aryl Iodides and gem-Difluoroalkenes: Efficient Synthesis of α-Fluorochalcones

Fu-Peng Wu

Fu-Peng Wu

Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany

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Yang Yuan

Yang Yuan

Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany

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Dr. Jiawang Liu

Dr. Jiawang Liu

Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany

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Prof. Dr. Xiao-Feng Wu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Xiao-Feng Wu

Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany

Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023 Dalian, Liaoning, China

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First published: 04 February 2021
Citations: 56

Dedicated to Professor Ilhyong Ryu on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Graphical Abstract

Enabled by a Pd/Cu cooperative catalyst system, the first example of defluorinative carbonylative coupling has been established. With gem-difluoroalkenes and aryl iodides as the substrates, this methodology offers flexible and facile access to privileged α-fluorochalcones under mild reaction conditions in moderate-to-excellent yields.

Abstract

An unprecedented and challenging defluorinative carbonylation was achieved. Enabled by a Pd/Cu cooperative catalyst system, the first example of defluorinative carbonylative coupling has been established. With gem-difluoroalkenes and aryl iodides as the substrates, this methodology offers flexible and facile access to privileged α-fluorochalcones under mild reaction conditions in moderate-to-excellent yields. Mechanistic studies indicated transmetalation between palladium and copper intermediates as a crucial step of the catalytic cycle.

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