Synthesis of Trifluorostyrene Derivatives by Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Lithium Trimethoxy(trifluorovinyl)borate with Aryl Bromides

Abstract

Fluor-ing it: The stable, crystalline trimethoxy(trifluorovinyl)borate is a convenient reagent for efficiently displacing a bromine atom with a trifluorovinyl group (see scheme). This Suzuki coupling reaction significantly simplifies the route to trifluorostyrenes, which might be interesting compounds for materials science or medicinal chemistry. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.