Patent ID: 8754260

Claim:
A method of producing a fluoroacyl arylamine comprising contacting an arylamine and a fluoroacyl-donating compound in a mixture and isolating said fluoroacyl arylamine from said mixture, wherein the fluoroacyl-donating compound is R—CO—O—CO—CF 3 , wherein R is CF 3 , alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl or substituted aryl, where the substitutions may be halogen, hydroxy or nitro, wherein the alkyl or aryl has between 1 and about 8 carbon atoms; and wherein the fluoroacyl arylamine comprises: wherein each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 is located at any site on an aryl group; and is one or more hydrogen atoms; a halogen, a hydrocarbon of 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, which can be substituted and can comprise a heteroatom, or a functional group; n is 1, 2 or 3; and at least one ring comprises at least one fluoroacyl group.