Under a dual catalytic copper/photoredox manifold, this supersilanol has been demonstrated by the MacMillan lab to be an excellent reagent for the trifluoromethylation of alkyl halides and aryl halides to yield alkyl-CF
3 and aryl-CF
3 in high yields. In both cases, these reactions exhibit wide substrate scope with good functional group tolerance. More specifically, a variety of 5-membered and 6-membered heteroaryl halides can be readily converted to the corresponding trifluoromethylheteroarenes under mild conditions. To be use in conjunction with dMesSCF
3 (
901466) and Ir photocatalyst (
902217 or
902225).
