Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
Abstract
A copper-catalyzed pentafluoroethylation of aryl/alkenyl iodides is described using Et3SiCF2CF3 as a direct CF2CF3 source. An intriguing selective photocatalytic hydrodefluorination of pentafluoroethylarenes is also discovered.
Funder
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)