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Enantioselective acyl-trifluoromethylation of olefins by bulky thiazolium carbene catalysis

Jana, Sripati  
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Wodrich, Matthew D.  
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Cramer, Nicolai  
December 1, 2025
Nature Communications

Enantioenriched α-chiral β-fluorinated ketones are valuable structural motifs with application in several fields. The recently emerged concept of NHC-catalyzed radical acyl-trifluoromethylation of olefins offers a rapid route to construct racemic β-fluorinated ketones in a single step. Due to the lack of competent chiral NHC catalysts constructing these molecules in an enantioselective manner remains an unmet challenge. Herein, we report a family of chiral thiazolium carbenes having bulky chiral flanking groups and offering three distinct positions with broad steric and electronic tunability. The catalysts display so far unmatched enantioselectivities for acyl-trifluoromethylations of simple unactivated olefins with a wide variety of aldehydes and Togni’s reagent. The method provides a variety of enantioenriched β-trifluoromethylated α-chiral ketones in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities up to 98:2 er. A potential applicability of this methodology is demonstrated through enantio- and diastereoselective late-stage functionalizations of pharmaceutical compounds.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41467-025-58423-z
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105002974809

PubMed ID

40195321

Author(s)
Jana, Sripati  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Wodrich, Matthew D.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Cramer, Nicolai  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-12-01

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

16

Issue

1

Article Number

3293

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LCMD  
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EPFL

Swiss National Science Foundation

National Center of Competence in Research

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April 29, 2025
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