Difluoromethylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides with chlorodifluoromethane catalyzed by nickel

Chang Xu, Wen-Hao Guo, Xu He, Yin-Long Guo, Xue-Ying Zhang and Xingang Zhang ()
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Chang Xu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen-Hao Guo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xu He: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yin-Long Guo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xue-Ying Zhang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xingang Zhang: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Relatively low reactivity hinders using chlorodifluoromethane (ClCF2H) for general difluoromethylation with organic molecules, despite its availability as an inexpensive industrial chemical. To date, transformations of ClCF2H are very limited and most of them involve difluorocarbene intermediate. Here, we describe a strategy for difluoromethylation of aromatics through nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of ClCF2H with readily accessible (hetero)aryl chlorides. The reaction proceeds under mild reaction conditions with high efficiency and features synthetic simplicity without preformation of arylmetals and broad substrate scope, including a variety of heteroaromatics and commercially available pharmaceuticals. The reliable practicability and scalability of the current nickel-catalyzed process has also been demonstrated by several 10-g scale reactions without loss of reaction efficiency. Preliminary mechanistic studies reveal that the reaction starts from the oxidative addition of aryl chlorides to Ni(0) and a difluoromethyl radical is involved in the reaction, providing a route for applications of ClCF2H in organic synthesis and related chemistry.

Date: 2018
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