The author of 《Pd/C as Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Direct Arylation of (Poly)fluorobenzenes》 were Mao, Shuxin; Shi, Xinzhe; Soule, Jean-Francois; Doucet, Henri. And the article was published in Chemistry – A European Journal in 2019. Synthetic Route of C7H4BrF3 The author mentioned the following in the article:
The potential of the heterogeneous catalyst 10 % Pd/C in the direct arylation of (poly)fluorobenzene derivatives with aryl bromides has been investigated. In general, high yields of biaryl derivatives were obtained by using tri-, tetra-, and pentafluorobenzenes, whereas mono- and difluorobenzenes exhibited poor reactivity. The regioselectivities of the arylation reactions were similar to those observed with homogeneous palladium catalysts. Both electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents, such as nitrile, nitro, acetyl, ester, trifluoromethyl, tert-Bu, methoxy, or Me, on the aryl bromide were tolerated. Unexpectedly, tetrafluoro-substituted [1,1′-biphenyl]-4-ols were obtained from pentafluorobenzene at 150° due to a formal regioselective hydroxylation, whereas at lower temperatures the expected pentafluorobiphenyls were obtained. However, no C-F bond cleavage was observed with the other polyfluorobenzene derivatives These arylation reactions were carried out with only 1 mol % Pd/C as the catalyst and KOAc as an inexpensive base. Therefore, this protocol represents a very attractive access to (poly)fluoro-substituted biphenyls in terms of cost, simplicity, and sustainable chem. because the Pd/C catalyst can be easily removed at the end of the reaction, there is no contamination with phosphine ligand residues, and the major side-product of the reaction is KOAc.HBr. The experimental part of the paper was very detailed, including the reaction process of 1-Bromo-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene(cas: 402-43-7Synthetic Route of C7H4BrF3)
1-Bromo-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene(cas: 402-43-7) belongs to organobromine compounds.Most of the natural organobromine compounds are produced by marine organisms , and several brominated metabolites with antibacterial , antitumor , antiviral , and antifungal activity have been isolated from seaweed, sponges, corals, molluscs, and others. Synthetic Route of C7H4BrF3
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