Cadmium trifluoromethyl derivatives

Although no trifluoromethyl derivatives of cadmium had ever been isolated, their attempted synthesis was particularly appealing from several viewpoints. First, alkyl cadmium reagents are typically more... 

Of the bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium derivatives obtained to date, the glyme adduct, (CF3)2Cd glyme, is the best compromise between chemical reactivity and thermal stability this compound appears to be almost a classic example of a lightly stabilized species, one which is stabilized enough to be isolatable but which is still quite reactive (107). That this material is a much more effective reagent than, for example, (CF3)2Cd 2 pyridine, can be most easily seen from the results of the reactions of these compounds with a second class of substrates, the halides of germanium and tin. Within 15 min at ambient temperature... 

Very soon after the reactivity of Cd(CF3)2DME toward main group halides (31) and group 10 dihalides (32) had been established, we set out to determine if the cadmium reagent was effective in trifluoromethylating representative organometallic compounds. One of the first substrates chosen was CpCo(CO)I2, which was selected because the mono-trifluoro-methyl derivative was known, but the disubstituted compound was not. The results of this reaction are (60)... 

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