Difluoromethane (CF2H2) is an ecologically-friendly refrigerant which holds promise as a source of CF2H−. This manuscript demonstrates a Lewis acid/base pair approach to deprotonate CF2H2 and capture CF2H− as a strategy to enable subsequent difluoromethylation.
A new integrated approach to BN-polycycles is rooted in a clean condensation of amines with B(allyl)3. The end game includes a gram-scale synthesis of BN-naphthalene through efficient aromatization, or assembly of BN-polycycles