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Zinc difluoromethanesulfinate

95%

Synonym(s):

Bis(((difluoromethyl)sulfinyl)oxy)zinc, 1,1-difluoro-methanesulfinic acid zinc salt (2:1), Baran difluoromethylation reagent, DFMS

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C2H2F4O4S2Zn
CAS Number:
1355729-38-2
Molecular Weight:
295.55
MDL number:
MFCD23134675
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
329767342
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

95%

form

solid

reaction suitability

reaction type: C-C Bond Formation
reaction type: Fluorinations
reagent type: catalyst
reaction type: C-H Activation
reagent type: diversification reagent

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

FC(F)S(=O)O[Zn]OS(=O)C(F)F

InChI

1S/2CH2F2O2S.Zn/c2*2-1(3)6(4)5;/h2*1H,(H,4,5);/q;;+2/p-2

InChI key

UGEYAPVLXKEKMP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Material is complexed with up to 1 equivalent of ZnCl2
Zinc difluoromethanesulfinate is a reagent widely used to incorporate difluoromethyl functionality onto biologically significant structural motifs. It is used to difluoromethylate compounds such as heteroarenes, thiols, enones, and α, β‐unsaturated carboxylic acids.

Application

Zinc difluoromethanesulfinate (DFMS) is part of a zinc sulfinate toolbox developed by Phil Baran for the simple and rapid diversification of heterocycles.†

Practical and Innate Carbon-Hydrogen Functionalization of Heterocycles

DFMS is a new reagent for direct difluoromethylation of organic substrates via a radical process. This mild, operationally simple, chemoselective, and scalable difluoromethylation method is compatible with a range of nitrogen-containing heteroarene substrates of varying complexity as well as select classes of conjugated p−systems and thiols.†

A New Reagent for Direct Difluoromethylation

Learn More at the Professor and Product Portal of Professor Phil S. Baran.

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Pictograms

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GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Jessy Aziz et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 12(48), 9743-9759 (2014-10-31)
Sulfinic acids and their salts have recently emerged as versatile coupling partners to efficiently access a wide variety of hetero- and carbocyclic compounds, under relatively mild conditions. Their growing importance is attributable to their dual capacity for acting as nucleophilic
Zinc difluoromethanesulfinate
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Second Edition (2014)
Yuta Fujiwara et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(3), 1494-1497 (2012-01-11)
Molecular scaffolds containing alkylfluorine substituents are desired in many areas of chemical research from materials to pharmaceuticals. Herein, we report the invention of a new reagent (Zn(SO(2)CF(2)H)(2), DFMS) for the innate difluoromethylation of organic substrates via a radical process. This
Fionn O'Hara et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(32), 12122-12134 (2013-07-19)
Radical addition processes can be ideally suited for the direct functionalization of heteroaromatic bases, yet these processes are only sparsely used due to the perception of poor or unreliable control of regiochemistry. A systematic investigation of factors affecting the regiochemistry
Yuta Fujiwara et al.
Nature, 492(7427), 95-99 (2012-12-04)
Nitrogen-rich heterocyclic compounds have had a profound effect on human health because these chemical motifs are found in a large number of drugs used to combat a broad range of diseases and pathophysiological conditions. Advances in transition-metal-mediated cross-coupling have simplified

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