title: Versatile Route to Arylated Fluoroalkyl Bromide Building Blocks.
abstract: New difunctionalized and fluoroalkylated silyl reagents have been prepared that react with silver and copper salts to afford active catalysts that can be used to synthesize arylated fluoroalkyl bromide building blocks. It has been shown that the [(phen)Ag(CF2)nBr] intermediates are capable of transferring both the phenanthroline ligand and the fluoroalkyl bromide chain to copper iodide, eliminating the need for a preligated copper salt precursor. The methodology is compatible with various chain lengths of the fluoroalkyl halide functionality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University , 6 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.
authors.forename: Peter T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University , 6 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vicic