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The aim is to create difluoromethylene-linked strained aliphatic rings from specific sulfonium salts and propellane.

March 28, 2026Chemical Communications

Facile Access to Difluoromethylene-Linked Strained Aliphatic Rings from 2-(Difluoromethylene)cyclobutyl Sulfonium Salts (CB-DFAS) and [1.1.1]Propellane

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The aim is to create difluoromethylene-linked strained aliphatic rings from specific sulfonium salts and propellane.
Developed a chemodivergent platform for synthesis.
Used 2-(difluoromethylene)cyclobutyl sulfonium salts and [1.1.1]propellane as starting materials.
Modulated reaction conditions to achieve different products.
Produced three unique difluoromethylene-bridged strained scaffolds.
Demonstrated the versatility of the reaction platform.
Indicated potential for further applications in synthetic chemistry.

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Chemodivergent platform produces novel difluoromethylene-bridged frameworks, suggesting versatile applications in chemistry.

Abstract

A chemodivergent platform that delivers three unprecedented, difluoromethylene (CF2)-bridged strained scaffolds from 2-(difluoromethylene)cyclobutyl sulfonium salts (CB-DFASs) and [1.1.1]propellane (TCP) has been developed. Simply by modulating reaction conditions, the combination of...

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Zhang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c772d98bbfbc51511e3461 https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc00809g

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Chemodivergent platform produces novel difluoromethylene-bridged frameworks, suggesting versatile applications in chemistry.

Facile Access to Difluoromethylene-Linked Strained Aliphatic Rings from 2-(Difluoromethylene)cyclobutyl Sulfonium Salts (CB-DFAS) and [1.1.1]Propellane

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Facile Access to Difluoromethylene-Linked Strained Aliphatic Rings from 2-(Difluoromethylene)cyclobutyl Sulfonium Salts (CB-DFAS) and [1.1.1]Propellane

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