Synthesis of -perfluoroalkyl-3,4-disubstituted pyrroles by rhodium-catalyzed transannulation of -fluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles with terminal alkynes.

The rhodium-catalyzed transannulation of perfluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles with aromatic and aliphatic terminal alkynes under microwave heating conditions afforded perfluoroalkyl-3,4-disubstituted pyrroles (major products) and fluoroalkyl-2,4-disubstituted pyrroles (minor products). The observed selectivities in the case of the reactions with aliphatic alkynes were high.

Vicarious Nucleophilic Chloromethylation of Nitroaromatics.

Nitroaromatics substituted with electron-acceptor or electron-donor groups undergo vicarious nucleophilic substitution with the lithium salt of dichloromethane to provide chloromethyl-substituted nitroaromatics in good to high yields. The methodology represents a new strategy for the synthesis of benzyl chlorides.