A general, efficient, and substrate-controlled regiodivergent trifluoroacetylation of carbazoles has been developed through Friedel–Crafts acylation. This strategy was applicable to a wide scope of readily available substituted carbazoles at air atmosphere without using a metal catalyst, affording the corresponding trifluoroacetylated carbazoles in up to 99% yield. The divergency of the products and
Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of aryl iodides with an organocopper reagent: a straightforward procedure for the synthesis of aryl trifluoromethyl ketones
A palladium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of aryl iodides with a (trifluoromethyl)copper reagent has been developed. A wide range of substrates have been transformed into their corresponding trifluoromethyl ketones in good to excellent yields under mild conditions with high efficiency and excellent functional-group compatibility. Preliminary mechanistic investigations suggest that the transmetallation