Expanding the Scope of Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Perfluoroalkylation: From Trifluoromethyl to Functionalized Perfluoroethyl |
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Authors: | Dr. Václav Matoušek Jiří Václavík Peter Hájek Julie Charpentier Zsófia E. Blastik Ewa Pietrasiak Alena Budinská Prof. Dr. Antonio Togni Dr. Petr Beier |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich, Vladimir‐Prelog‐Weg 2, 8093 Zürich (Switzerland);2. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague (Czech Republic);3. Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague (Czech Republic) |
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Abstract: | A series of new hypervalent iodine reagents based on the 1,3‐dihydro‐3,3‐dimethyl‐1,2‐benziodoxole and 1,2‐benziodoxol‐3‐(1H)‐one scaffolds, which contain a functionalized tetrafluoroethyl group, have been prepared, characterized, and used in synthetic applications. Their corresponding electrophilic fluoroalkylation reactions with various sulfur, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon‐centered nucleophiles afford products that feature a tetrafluoroethylene unit, which connects two functional moieties. A related λ3‐iodane that contains a fluorophore was shown to react with a cysteine derivative under mild conditions to give a thiol‐tagged product that is stable in the presence of excess thiol. Therefore, these new reagents show a significant potential for applications in chemical biology as tools for fast, irreversible, and selective thiol bioconjugation. |
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Keywords: | bioconjugation fluorine fluoroalkylation hypervalent compounds iodine tetrafluoroethylene |
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