¦Á,¦Á-Difluoro-¦Á-phenylsulfanyl-¦Á-trimethylsilylmethane as ?img border=""0"" title=""radical dot"" alt=""radical dot"" src=""http://cdn.els-cdn.com/sd/entities/rad""/>CF2?/sup>?synthetic building block for the preparation of gem-difluor
A general strategy for the preparation of gem-difluoromethylenated cyclopentanols has been demonstrated; it involves sequential fluoride-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of ¦Á,¦Á-difluoro-¦Á-phenylsulfanyl-¦Á-trimethylsilylmethane (PhSCF2SiMe3; 1) to homoallyl ketones followed by intramolecular radical cyclization.