title: Nucleophilic difluoromethylation of primary alkyl halides using difluoromethyl phenyl sulfone as a difluoromethyl anion equivalent.
abstract: A facile and efficient nucleophilic difluoromethylation of primary alkyl halides has been disclosed through a novel nucleophilic substitution-reductive desulfonylation strategy, using difluoromethyl phenyl sulfone as a difluoromethyl anion ("CF(2)H(-)") equivalent.
authors.affiliation: Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, USA. gprakash@usc.edu
authors.forename: G K Surya
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Jinbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Olah