Synthesis of bis(aryloxy)fluoromethanes using a heterodihalocarbene strategy (Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry)

Abstract A side-product present in the herbicide pyroxasulfone was synthesized. The construction of a bis(aryloxy)fluoromethane moiety was necessary, for which no existing method was available. We report a simple, new procedure which we applied to the synthesis of some of these unusual structures. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 813–818. doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.70