Abstract
An overview of the most significant radical-based synthetic methods currently available for the preparation of trifluoromethylthiolated compounds is presented.
1 Introduction
2 Early Work: Photochemical Reactions Under UV Irradiation
2.1 Reactions Involving CF3SH
2.2 Reactions Involving CF3SCl
2.3 Reactions Involving CF3SSCF3
3 Reactions Involving a Nucleophilic SCF3 Reagent
3.1 Reactions with CuSCF3
3.2 Reactions with AgSCF3
4 Reactions Involving an Electrophilic SCF3 Reagent
4.1 Reactions Involving the Formation of an R• Radical
4.2 Reactions involving the formation of •SCF3 Radical
5 Conclusion
Key words
trifluoromethythiolation - radicals - silver-mediated oxidative transformations - photoredox catalysis - electrophilic SCF
3 reagents