N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, 119991 Moscow, Leninsky prosp. 47, Russia
Abstract:
Potassium trialkoxy(trifluoromethyl)borates are shown to behave as convenient reagents for nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of non-enolizable aldehydes and N-tosylimines to give CF3-substituted alcohols and N-tosylamines in good yields.