Rj. Linderman et al., SYNTHESIS OF AND ANALYSIS OF THIOL ADDITIONS TO BETA-ALKYL-ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED TRIFLUOROMETHYL KETONES, Journal of organic chemistry, 59(5), 1994, pp. 957-962
A series of beta-alkyl-alpha,beta-unsaturated trifluoromethyl ketones
have been prepared from the corresponding alpha-acetylenic trifluorome
thyl ketones. The addition of sulfur nucleophiles was shown by chemica
l and F-19 NMR studies to proceed exclusively by 1,4-addition with no
indication of any 1,2-addition products. The unsaturated trifluorometh
yl ketones have been shown to be effective inhibitors of rat cytosolic
glutathione-S-transferase.