One‐Pot Sandmeyer Trifluoromethylation and Trifluoromethylthiolation

Practical one‐pot procedures were developed for both Sandmeyer‐type trifluoromethylations and trifluoromethylthiolations. Starting from broadly available (hetero)aromatic amines, various benzotrifluorides were synthesized in high yields via in situ diazotization and copper‐mediated trifluoromethylation using the inexpensive Ruppert–Prakash trifluoromethylating reagent. In the presence of sodium thiocyanate as a sulfur source, aryl trifluoromethyl thioethers are exclusively formed. magnified image