title: Photocatalytic hydrodefluorination: facile access to partially fluorinated aromatics.
abstract: Polyfluorinated aromatics are essential to materials science as well as the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries and yet are often difficult to access. This Communication describes a photocatalytic hydrodefluorination approach which begins with easily accessible perfluoroarenes and selectively reduces the C-F bonds. The method allows facile access to a number of partially fluorinated arenes and takes place with unprecedented catalytic activity using a safe and inexpensive amine as the reductant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University , 107 Physical Science, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, United States.
authors.forename: Sameera M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Senaweera
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Jimmie D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons