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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2011 Nov 23;77(1):473–481. doi: 10.1021/jo202062f

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

A general synthesis of fluorinated benzophenones, xanthones, acridones, thioxanthones, and derivatives involving iterative addition of nucleophiles (Nu:) to bis(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)methanone (10).