An Air‐Stable Copper Reagent for Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation of Aryl Halides1. Issue 5 (12th December 2012) - Weng, Zhiqiang
Abstract A series of copper(I) trifluoromethyl thiolate complexes have been synthesized from the reaction of CuF2 with Me3SiCF3 and S8 (see scheme; Cu red, F green, N blue, S yellow). These air‐stable complexes serve as reagents for the efficient conversion of a wide range of aryl halides into the corresponding aryl trifluoromethyl thioethers in excellent yields.