Organofluorine

Stereoselective Carbonyl Olefination with Fluorosulfoximines: Facile Access to Z or E Terminal Monofluoroalkenes  Liu, Qinghe; Shen, Xiao; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 619 - 623.

Abstract：

　　       Showing Off New Skills: Fluorinated sulfoximines, known as fluoroalkylation reagents for the asymmetric synthesis of organofluorine compounds, have now been found to act as carbonyl-olefination reagents. This newly discovered reactivity was used to tackle the long-standing challenge of the stereoselective synthesis of terminal monofluoroalkenes from the corresponding aldehydes or ketones (see scheme).