New methods for perfluoroalkylation of carbon-nitrogen double bonds have be
en developed. Addition of (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (TMSCF3) to alph
a,N-diarylnitrones produced a series of alpha-(trifluoromethyl)-N-hydroxyl
amines protected as their O-trimethylsilyl derivatives. An alternate proced
ure using pentafluoroethyllithium (F5C2Li) and chlorotrimethylsilane (TMSCl
) afforded O-trimethylsilyl-alpha- (pentafluoroethyl)-N-hydroxyl amines. (C
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