Carbenoid reactions of organoelemental compounds containing trifluoromethyl groups: VII. Difluorocyclopropanation of olefins and dienes with a systemtris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth-aluminum chloride
Nv. Kirii et al., Carbenoid reactions of organoelemental compounds containing trifluoromethyl groups: VII. Difluorocyclopropanation of olefins and dienes with a systemtris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth-aluminum chloride, RUSS J ORG, 37(2), 2001, pp. 207-209
Tris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth generates difluorocarbene at -30 degreesC in t
he presence of aluminum chloride. By reaction of the difluorocarbene with i
sobutylene, styrene, cyclohexene, and 2,3-dimethylbutadiene the correspondi
ng substituted difluorocyclopropanes were obtained.