Ag-Catalyzed Chemoselective Decarboxylative Mono- and gem-Difluorination of Malonic Acid Derivatives

Malonic acid derivatives have been successfully applied in a Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative fluorination reaction, providing an unprecedented route to either gem-difluoroalkanes or α-fluorocarboxylic acids by the judicious selection of base and solvent. This reaction features the use of readily available starting materials, tunable chemoselectivity and good functional group compatibility as well as gram-scale synthetic capability. The advantage of...