Regioconvergent Nucleophilic Substitutions with Morita-Baylis-Hillman Fluorides

J Org Chem. 2024 Aug 2;89(15):10998-11002. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00660. Epub 2024 Jul 16.

Abstract

Lithium iodide enables regioconvergent C-F bond functionalization of isomeric Morita-Baylis-Hillman fluorides with carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen nucleophiles. The defluorinative carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formations give multifunctional compounds in excellent yields and with good to high diastereoselectivities at room temperature. The possibility of catalytic enantioselective allylation is also discussed.