Reaction of polyfluorocarbonyl compounds with 8-hydroxyquinolines

It was shown that polyfluorocarbonyl compounds at 25°C in aprotic solvents readily C-alkylate 8-hydroxy- and 5-methyl-8-hydroxyquinolines. Selectivity was observed toward substitution at position 7 by nitropentafluoro- and hexafluoroacetones and at position 5 of 8-hydroxyquinoline by the methyl ester of trifluoropyruvic acid.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2786–2789 December, 1989.