Photoredox-catalysed chloro-, bromo- and trifluoromethylthio-trifluoromethylation of unactivated alkenes with sodium triflinate

• DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01903c
• Publication Date: 2017-06-15T08:54:23Z
• Authors: Jing Fang; Zhong-Kui Wang; Shu-Wei Wu; Wei-Guo Shen; Gui-Zhen Ao; Feng Liu
• Keywords: Trifluoromethylation; Vicinal

A convenient and practical protocol is developed for radical vicinal difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes under transition-metal-free conditions.