Authors: Changming Qin and Huw M. L. Davies
Org. Lett.,
2013, 15 (24), pp 6152–6154
A silver-catalyzed vinylogous fluorination of vinyl diazoacetates to generate γ-fluoro-α,β-unsaturated carbonyls is presented. Application of this method to the fluorination of farnesol and steroid derivatives was achieved.