Enantiospecific deoxyfluorination of cyclic α-OH-β-ketoesters

Abstract

We herein report the deoxyfluorination of cyclic α-hydroxy-β-ketoesters using diethylaminosulfur trifluoride (DAST). The reaction proceeds with excellent levels of stereospecificity, giving the configurationally inverted α-fluoro-β-ketoesters in high yields under operationally simple conditions.