TRIFLUOROMETHOXYLATION OF ARENES VIA INTRAMOLECULAR TRIFLUOROMETHOXY GROUP MIGRATION

摘要

The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluoromethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: (I), wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without subsutitution; and R1 is -H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), - (alkylaryl), - (alkylheteroaryl), -NH-(alkyl), -N(alkyl)2, -NH-(alkenyl), -NH-(alkynyl) -NH-(aryl), -NH-(heteroaryl), -O-(alkyl), -O-(alkenyl), -O-(alkynyl), -O-(aryl), -O-(heteroaryl), -S-(alkyl), -S- (alkenyl), -S-(alkynyl), -S-(aryl), or -S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure: (II), with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure: (III); and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: (I).