Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 12(52), p. 2493-2496
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc09881e
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Trifluoromethylation of olefins and (hetero)aromatics with sodium triflinate as CF3 source and readily accessible benzophenone derivatives as photosensitisers has been developed in batch and flow. The use of an iridium-based photocatalyst enables the trifluoromethylation to proceed under visible light irradiation.