title: Synthesis of functionalized organotrifluoroborates via halomethyltrifluoroborates.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Potassium bromo- and iodomethyltrifluoroborates have been prepared via in situ reaction of n-BuLi with dibromo- and diiodomethane, respectively, in the presence of trialkyl borates, followed by treatment with KHF(2). Moreover, a new synthetic method for the preparation of potassium organotrifluoroborates through nucleophilic substitution of the halide in these potassium halomethyltrifluoroborates is described.
authors: Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104-6323, USA. gmolandr@sas.upenn.edu
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