T. Katagiri et al., THE RING-OPENING REACTION OF 3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE OXIDE WITH CARBANIONS - REACTION OF ALPHA-CYANOCARBANIONS, Chemistry Letters, (6), 1997, pp. 549-550
Nucleophilic ring-opening reaction of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene oxide (TF
PO) was studied. Reaction of TFPO with carbanions stabilized by cyano
group gave gamma-cyanohydrins in moderate to good yields. Meanwhile, r
eaction of the carbanions from malonic ester and nitromethane resulted
in recovery of TFPO.