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ELECTROCHEMICAL TRIFLUOROMETHYLATION OF OLEFINS; PRODUCT-SELECTIVITY AND MECHANISTIC ASPECTS
Uneyama, Kenji
, p. 555 - 562 (1991)
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) can be converted almost quantitatively to the trifluoromethyl radicals by electrochemical oxidation of TFA.The electrolysis is conducted in an MeCN-H2O-(Pt) system using an undivided cell.The electrochemically generated CF3. radicals can attack mostly electron-deficient olefins leading to the trifluoromethylated carbon radicals of which chemical and electrochemical fate can be controlled by current density, reaction temperature, and substituents of olefins.