HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND STEREOSELECTIVE ACCESS TO (Z)-ALPHA,BETA-DIFLUOROALLYL ALCOHOLS AND (Z)-ALPHA-FLUORO-ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES BASED ON THE REACTION OF 2,3,3-TRIFLUORO-1-PROPENYL P-CHLOROBENZENESULFONATE WITH GRIGNARD-REAGENTS
K. Funabiki et al., HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND STEREOSELECTIVE ACCESS TO (Z)-ALPHA,BETA-DIFLUOROALLYL ALCOHOLS AND (Z)-ALPHA-FLUORO-ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES BASED ON THE REACTION OF 2,3,3-TRIFLUORO-1-PROPENYL P-CHLOROBENZENESULFONATE WITH GRIGNARD-REAGENTS, Tetrahedron letters, 39(14), 1998, pp. 1913-1916
2,3,3-Trifluoro-1-propenyl p-chlorobenzenesulfonate (1), readily avail
able from 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropanol, reacted smoothly with various G
rignard reagents at 50 degrees C to afford the corresponding (Z)-alpha
,beta-difluoroallyl alcohols 2 in moderate to excellent yields. These
alcohols were smoothly hydrolyzed in the presence of a catalytic amoun
t of mentmorillonite K10 (Clay) to provide (Z)-alpha-fluoro-alpha,beta
-unsaturated aldehydes 3 in good yields. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd
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