With
the goal of accessing yet unknown SF5-cyclopropyl
building blocks, the radical addition of SF5Cl to cyclopropenes
was investigated. Addition of the SF5 radical occurs regioselectively
at the less substituted carbon of cyclopropenes and trans to the most hindered substituent at C3, while chlorine atom transfer
proceeds with moderate to high levels of diastereocontrol. The carbon–chlorine
bond in the resulting adducts can undergo subsequent radical reduction
or be involved in a radical cyclization.
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