Phosphine-catalyzed conjugate cyanation of β-trifluoromethyl enones: Access to α-trifluoromethyl γ-carbonyl nitriles

Tao Zhou, Xin Ji, Junliang Zhang, Lu Liu

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Abstract

Herein, we developed an efficient conjugate cyanation of β-trifluoromethyl enones with TMSCN mediated by phosphine. In this transformation, the key organophosphorus zwitterion, which was generated in situ by mixing organophosphine with methyl acrylate, could enable this transformation as a highly efficient Lewis base catalyst.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2644-2648
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic Chemistry Frontiers
Volume7
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Sep 2020

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