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A simple and sustainable one-step strategy for the preparation of electron-deficient aryl trifluoromethyl ethers (ArOCF3) from the corresponding phenols by electrochemical synthesis is presented. Anodic oxidation of trifluoromethane sulfinate (Langlois reagent) leads to direct O-trifluoromethylation of phenol-derivatives bearing fluorine, chlorine, bromine and nitrile substituents under mild conditions in yields up to 75% and in gram-scale. This electrochemical protocol provides an economic and green synthesis for an otherwise inaccessible class of molecules without the need for expensive or toxic reagents, oxidants or metal catalysts.
A sustainable strategy for O-trifluoromethylation of electron-deficient phenols by combining electrochemical synthesis with flow technology is presented. The reaction is optimized by screening experiments to establish a fast and efficient flow protocol. Simultaneous anodic oxidation of Langlois reagent and the phenols in a micro flow cell leads to direct preparation of trifluoromethyl ethers in yields up to 90%. This one-step protocol is tolerant of several functional groups, shows good regioselectivity and works without any chemical oxidants and catalysts by using electrical current as an inexpensive and sustainable reagent.