Enamine-assisted facile generation of trifluoroacetaldehyde from trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal and its carbon–carbon bond forming reaction leading to β-hydroxy-β-trifluoromethyl ketones

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1039/A804922J

Abstract

Trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal 1 readily reacts with various enamines 2 in hexane at room temperature for 1 h to give the corresponding β-hydroxy-β-trifluoromethyl ketones in good yields.

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