A New Fluorine-Containing Acyl Anion Equivalent

Authors:
  • ABAndrew J. Bennett
    Andrew J. Bennett
  • JPJonathan M. Percy
    Jonathan M. Percy
  • MRMichael H. Rock
    Michael H. Rock

Abstract
A new fluorine-containing acyl anion equivalent, 2,2-difluoro-l-lithioethenyl diethylcarbamate (2), has been prepared and trapped with a number of electrophiles (7 examples) in mostly good yields, on millimole to tenth-mole scales.