CuSO4-Mediated Decarboxylative Difluoroacetamidation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids

The first example of decarboxylative difluoroacetamidation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids by using difluoromethyl-substituted carbonyl compounds was disclosed. The procedure, which was mediated by low-cost and benign CuSO4, furnished a broad range of difluorinated alkenes in remarkable yields with only the E configuration in most of the cases. Moreover, the product could be smoothly transformed to the corresponding difluorofunctionalized ester and alcohol in high yields.