Fine Design of Photoredox Systems for Catalytic Fluoromethylation of Carbon–Carbon Multiple Bonds

• Published in: Accounts of chemical research Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 1937 - 1945
• Main Authors: Koike, Takashi, Akita, Munetaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 20.09.2016

Trifluoromethyl (CF3) and difluoromethyl (CF2H) groups are versatile structural motifs, especially in the fields of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Thus, the development of new protocols for tri- and difluoromethylation of various skeletons has become a vital subject to be studied in the field of...