gem-Difluorovinyl and trifluorovinyl Michael acceptors in the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated fluorinated and nonfluorinated amides

• Monika Bilska-Markowska,
• Marcin Kaźmierczak,
• Wojciech Jankowski and
• Marcin Hoffmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2946–2953, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.247

• series of new α,β-unsaturated amides, both fluorinated and nonfluorinated, were synthesized. Keywords: gem-difluorovinyl Michael acceptors; Michael addition; trifluorovinyl Michael acceptors; α,β-unsaturated amides; Introduction The Michael reaction, characterized by the addition of stable carbon

• -difluoroalkenes and trifluoroalkenes in reactions with Grignard reagents [13][31]. Although, similar compounds are reported to be unstable molecules that are prone to decomposition under reaction conditions [32][33]. The goal of this work was the formation of gem-difluoro- and trifluorovinyl Michael acceptors by

• , serve as effective motifs for designing stable gem-difluorovinyl and trifluorovinyl Michael acceptors. To our knowledge, this represents the inaugural instance of employing potent bases such as n-BuLi and tert-BuLi to fulfill dual roles as both base catalysts and Michael donors. The reactions exhibited