Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2010,6, No. 65, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.65
(or selenides) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid followed by cyclization of the corresponding sulfoxides (or selenoxides) either with triflic anhydride or by direct fluorination with 10% F2/N2 in the presence of one equivalent of triflic acid or HBF4 (Scheme 2).
The tellurophenium salt 7 was synthesized in
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Scheme 1:
Preparation of the first electrophilic trifluoromethylating reagent and its reaction with a thiophe...