Patent ID: 9334253
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: C07B,C07C,C07D,C07F

Claim Text:
1. A method for directly preparing a trifluoromethylated product, which comprises reacting a fluoromethylatable substrate with a trifluoromethylating agent of trifluoromethane in the presence of a base under conditions sufficient to trifluoromethylate the substrate; wherein the fluoromethylatable substrate comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of halosilanes, carbonyl compounds, alkyl formates, alkyl halides, aryl halides, alkyl borates, carbon dioxide and elemental sulfur and the reaction is a single step reaction carried out in the presence of a solvent of dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, a polyether, a hydrocarbon, dimethoxymethane, N-methylpyrrolidone, hexamethyl phosphoric triamide, or dimethyl sulfoxide.