Convenient Access to Trifluoromethanol†
Karl O. Christe Prof. Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Search for more papers by this authorJoachim Hegge Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Search for more papers by this authorBerthold Hoge Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Present address: Institut für anorganische Chemie, Universität Köln, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorRalf Haiges Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Search for more papers by this authorKarl O. Christe Prof. Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Search for more papers by this authorJoachim Hegge Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Search for more papers by this authorBerthold Hoge Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Present address: Institut für anorganische Chemie, Universität Köln, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorRalf Haiges Dr.
Loker Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA, Fax: (+1) 213-740-6679
Search for more papers by this authorThis work was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Office of Naval Research, Merck KGaA, and the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0456343. We thank Dr. J. Sheehy for some of the calculations.
Graphical Abstract
From chimera to useful reagent: Easy access to trifluoromethanol in a one-step reaction from readily available inexpensive bulk chemicals opens the door for CF3OH to become a useful general reagent in synthetic chemistry and industrial applications.
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