HMPA-Promoted Siladifluoromethylation of Di-, and Triarylmethanes with the Ruppert-Prakash Reagent.
Xinfei JiXianghu ZhaoHongyan ShiSong CaoPublished in: Chemistry, an Asian journal (2017)
A mild and efficientmethod for the synthesis of α-siladifluoromethylated di-, and triarylmethanes via the reaction of di-, and triarylmethanes with Ruppert-Prakash reagents, using LDA and HMPA at room temperature, was developed.