Room temperature aryl trifluoromethylation via copper-mediated oxidative cross-coupling
“Room temperature aryl trifluoromethylation via copper-mediated oxidative cross-coupling”, J. Org. Chem., 2011, 76(4), 1174-1176.
A method for the room temperature copper-mediated trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl boronic acids has been developed. This protocol is amenable to normal benchtop setup and reactions typically require only 1-4 h. Proceeding under mild conditions, the method tolerates a range of functional groups, allowing access to a variety of trifluoromethylarenes.