Synthesis 2008(6): 948-956  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1032197
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2-(Trifluoroacetyl)imidazoles, 2-Trifluoroacetyl-1,3-thi­azoles, and 2-Trifluoroacetyl-1,3-oxazoles

Pavel V. Khodakovskiya,b, Dmitriy M. Volochnyuk*a,c, Dmitriy M. Panova,b, Igor I. Pervakc, Evgenij V. Zarudnitskiic, Oleg V. Shishkind, Aleksandr A. Yurchenkoc, Alexander Shivanyuka,b, Andrey A. Tolmacheva,b
a Enamine Ltd., 23 A. Matrosova st., 01103 Kiev, Ukraine
Fax: +380(44)5373253; e-Mail: D.Volochnyuk@enamine.net;
b National Taras Shevchenko University, 62 Volodymyrska st., 01033 Kiev-33, Ukraine
c Institute of Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Murmanska 5, 02094 Kiev-94, Ukraine
d Institute for Scintillation Materials, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 60 Lenina ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Publication History

Received 15 November 2007
Publication Date:
28 February 2008 (online)

Abstract

A facile method of trifluoroacylation of imidazoles, 1,3-thiazoles, and 1,3-oxazoles with trifluoroacetic anhydride resulted in a set of heterocyclic trifluoromethyl-containing ketones. Unlike common ketones, these compounds form stable hydrates and enter into noncatalytic ene reactions with terminal olefins affording the corresponding allyl alcohols.

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