Synthesis 2018; 50(10): 2033-2040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591545
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Electrophilic Aromatic Formylation with Difluoro(phenylsulfanyl) methane

Nolan M. Betterley
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Sopanat Kongsriprapan
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Suppisak Chaturonrutsamee
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
b   Research and Development Department, International Laboratories Corp., Ltd., Bang Phli, Samut Prakan 10540, Thailand
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Pramchai Deelertpaiboon
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Panida Surawatanawong
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Manat Pohmakotr
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Darunee Soorukram
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Vichai Reutrakul
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
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Chutima Kuhakarn*
a   Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand   Email: chutima.kon@mahidol.ac.th
› Author Affiliations
We thank the Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Office of the Higher Education Commission, Mahidol University under the National Research Universities Initiative, Thailand Research Fund (IRN58W0005), Swedish Research Council through the Swedish Research Links Programme in collaboration with Professor Pher G. Andersson, Stockholm University, Sweden (2013-6744), CNRS-PICS Program through collaboration with Professor Fabien Gagosz, École Polytechnique, France (PICS 6663), and the Franco–Thai Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Research (PHC-Siam 2017) for financial support. C.K. also thanks the Thailand Toray Science Foundation for Science and Technology Research Grants.
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Publication History

Received: 18 January 2018

Accepted after revision: 25 January 2018

Publication Date:
07 March 2018 (online)


Abstract

Difluoro(phenylsulfanyl)methane (PhSCF2H) was found to undergo a reaction with aromatic compounds mediated by SnCl4, through a thionium intermediate characterized by NMR and TD-DFT analyses, leading to the formation of a mixture of S,S′-diphenyl dithioacetal and aromatic aldehyde which, after oxidative hydrolysis, provides the aromatic aldehyde in good to excellent yields. The salient feature of the present work is the reaction of activated aromatic compounds containing a deactivating ester functional group, leading to the formylated products in good yields.

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