S-Trifluoromethyl esters of thiocarboxylic acids, RC(O)SCF3

S-Trifluoromethyl esters of different types of thiocarboxylic acids have been prepared in moderate to excellent yields from halide substitution reactions of the corresponding acid chlorides and tetramethylammonium trifluoromethylthiolate. C₆F₅C(O)SCF₃ undergoes a surprising rearrangement on attempted isolation to give 4-CF₃SC₆F₄C(O)F, which was converted into the corresponding acid.     

Me3SiCF3/AgF/Cu—A new reagents combination for selective trifluoromethylation of various organic halides by trifluoromethylcopper,CuCF3

An alternative copper halide-free route to obtain highly reactive trifluoromethylcopper species has been developed via the reaction of silver fluoride and trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane followed by a redox transmetallation with elemental copper. The composition of the reactive intermediate was investigated by means of UV/Vis/NIR, ESR, ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy and ESI mass spectrometry. “Trifluoromethylcopper” prepared by the oxidative transmetallation route exhibits excellent reactivity and selectivity in substitutions of iodine or bromine bond to aromatic or heterocyclic compounds for trifluoromethyl groups without any additional catalyst.     

Halofluorination of 1,2-difluoro-1,2-di(p-tolyl)ethene, 1,2,3,4-tetrafluoro-1,4-di(p-tolyl) butadiene and its nonfluorinated parent compounds

The reactions of (E)-1,2-difluoro-1,2-di (p-tolyl) ethene (1) with N-bromo- or N-chlorosuccinimide gave mainly the expected halofluorination products 1-bromo-1,2-di(p-tolyl)-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (2) or 1-chloro-1,2-di(p-tolyl)-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (4), respectively. As a side reaction halogenation of the double bond has been obtained. With (E,E)-1,4-di(p-tolyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrafluorobuta-1,3-diene (6) under the same conditions the products of 1,2- and 1,4-addition or its consecutive hydrolysis products were isolated. (E)-Stilbene (19) on bromofluorination gave solely erythro-1-bromo-2-fluoro-1,2-diphenylethane (20), while with 1,4-diphenylbuta-1,3-diene (17) mainly higher molecular weight products were formed.