Synthesis 2010(20): 3439-3448  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258198
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Novel Aromatic Fluoroolefins via Fluoro-Julia-Kocienski Olefination

Nadine Allendörfera, Mazen Es-Sayedb, Martin Niegerc, Stefan Bräse*a
a Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Organic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
e-Mail: +49(721)6088581; e-Mail: braese@kit.edu;
b Bayer CropScience SA Research, BCS-R-F-CFLYO, BP 99163/14 impasse Pierre Baizet, 69263 Lyon Cedex 09, France
c Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 55, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Publication History

Received 1 May 2010
Publication Date:
05 August 2010 (online)

Abstract

Fluoroolefins, which play an increasingly important role as peptide mimics in pharmaceuticals and as crop protection agents, are generated using a fluoro-Julia-Kocienski olefination. Their preparation can easily be accomplished using a Mitsunobu reaction and subsequent oxidation to generate the required benzothiazolyl sulfones. The key step of this process was the electrophilic α-fluorination of the sulfone with N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide. The last stage of the successful synthesis of the fluoroolefins was the modified Julia-Kocienski olefination under basic conditions. Further functionalization was followed with the application of a Suzuki reaction.

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Crystallographic data (excluding structure factors) for the structures reported in this work have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publications CCDC 755487 (5a) and CCDC 755489 (7c/8c). Copies of the data can be obtained free of charge on application to The Director, CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge DB2 1EZ, UK [Fax: +44 (1223)336033; e-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk].