Copper-Catalyzed Electrochemical C-H Fluorination.

ABSTRACT: We report the systematic development of an electrooxidative methodology that translates stoichiometric C-H fluorination reactivity of an isolable Cu^III fluoride complex into a catalytic process. The critical challenges of electrocatalysis with a highly reactive Cu^III species were addressed by the judicious selection of electrolyte, F^- source, and sacrificial electron acceptor. Catalyst-controlled C-H fluorination occurs with a preference for hydridic C-H bonds with high bond dissociation energies over weaker but less hydridic C-H bonds. The selectivity is driven by an oxidative asynchronous proton-coupled elelctron transfer (PCET) at an electrophilic Cu^III-F complex. We further demonstrate that the asynchronicity factor of hydrogen atom transfer η can be used as a guideline to rationalize the selectivity of C-H fluorination.

SUBMITTER: Hintz H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894310 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature