title: C-F bond activation of perfluorinated arenes by a bioxazoline-derived N-heterocyclic carbene.
abstract: The N-heterocyclic carbene IBioxMe4enacts selective single and double C-F bond activation of octafluorotoluene and hexafluorobenzene, respectively. The formation of the fluoroarene substituted, zwitterionic imidazoliumolate products is consistent with a mechanism involving nucleophilic aromatic substitution and subsequent oxazoline ring opening by liberated fluoride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. a.b.chaplin@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-8344
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerson-King
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. a.b.chaplin@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Simone A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. a.b.chaplin@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Adrian B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4286-8791
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chaplin