The development of efficient methods for accessing fluorinated functional groups
is desirable. Herein, we report a two-step method that utilizes catalytic copper for
the decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of propargyl bromodifluoroacetates is described.
This protocol affords a mixture of propargyl trifluoromethanes and trifluoromethyl
allenes.
Key words
copper - catalysis - trifluoromethylation - decarboxylation - alkynes