Synlett 2023; 34(18): 2210-2214
DOI: 10.1055/a-2071-4465
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Modern Boron Chemistry: 60 Years of the Matteson Reaction

Direct α-Trifluoromethylthiolation of Carboxylic Acids Enabled by Boron Catalysis

Kai Sun
b   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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a   Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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a   Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
b   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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Yohei Shimizu
a   Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
b   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
› Author Affiliations
This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. JP22H05329 in Digitalization-driven Transformative Organic Synthesis), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. JP20H02729), and Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Reserach (Exploratory, No. JP22K19016) to YS. CYH acknowledged the financial supports by Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) and Hokkaido University.


Abstract

A boron-catalyzed direct α-trifluoromethylthiolation of carboxylic acids was developed. Catalytically generated boron enediolates reacts with electrophilic SCF3 reagent, N-SCF3-phthalimide, to provide α-SCF3 carboxylic acids without the need of substrate pre-activation. The method is applicable to direct modification of bioactive carboxylic acids. Data science analyses provided suitable models for substrate classification as well as yield prediction.

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Publication History

Received: 13 March 2023

Accepted after revision: 11 April 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
11 April 2023

Article published online:
15 May 2023

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