Synthesis 2018; 50(24): 4765-4776
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611278
short review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Direct Trifluoromethylthiolation Reactions Involving Radical Processes

Anne-Laure Barthelemy
,
Emmanuel Magnier
,
Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR 8180, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France   Email: guillaume.dagousset@uvsq.fr
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Publication History

Received: 10 September 2018

Accepted after revision: 27 September 2018

Publication Date:
05 November 2018 (online)


Abstract

An overview of the most significant radical-based synthetic methods currently available for the preparation of trifluoromethylthiolated compounds is presented.

1 Introduction

2 Early Work: Photochemical Reactions Under UV Irradiation

2.1 Reactions Involving CF3SH

2.2 Reactions Involving CF3SCl

2.3 Reactions Involving CF3SSCF3

3 Reactions Involving a Nucleophilic SCF3 Reagent

3.1 Reactions with CuSCF3

3.2 Reactions with AgSCF3

4 Reactions Involving an Electrophilic SCF3 Reagent

4.1 Reactions Involving the Formation of an R Radical

4.2 Reactions involving the formation of SCF3 Radical

5 Conclusion