Allylic compounds oxidations, copper® chloride

An efficient copper-catalysed allylic trifluoromethylation reaction has been developed. This reaction provides a general and straightforward way to construct allylic trifluoromethylated compounds under mild conditions. The reaction employs cheap copper chloride as the catalyst and a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent as both the oxidant and the CF3 source. 

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