Palladium-catalyzed radical cascade difluoroalkylation/cyclization of acrylamide with ethyl difluorobromoacetate†
Abstract
An efficient Pd(0)-catalyzed radical cascade difluoroalkylation/cyclization of acrylamide with ethyl difluorobromoacetate was described. In addition, the reaction can be extended to perfluoroalkyl iodides and bromodifluoromethyl phosphonate. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that a radical addition/cyclization process was involved in the sequences.
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