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. 2011 Oct 17;7:1421–1435. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.7.166

Table 1.

Fluorination of 1 and 2 in the presence of different Lewis acids.

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Entry Catalyst (mol %) Conversion after 28 h (%)
11-F 22-F
neata equilibratedb

1 none (“blank”) 0 20 5
2 Cp2Ti(OTf)2 (5) 38 >95 95
3 Cp2Zr(OTf)2(thf) (5) ≤2 n.d.c 8
4 HBF4·H2O (10) 24 47 47
5 BF3·Et2O (10) 11 31 22
6 ZnF2 (5) n.d. 25 n.d.

aneat = substrate added in substance. bequilibrated = substrate added as stock solution in MeCN. cn.d. = not determined.