The Colby Trifluoromethylation Reagent is an air-stable, white solid, which can be used as a source of fluoroform through the release of trifluoroacetate. This reagent can add trifluoromethyl groups in a nucleophlic fashion to carbonyls and sulfides.
Colby trifluoromethylation reagent is an amidinate salt of hexafluoroacetone hydrate. This reagent can be prepared from the ethereal solution of hexafluoroacetone trihydrate. It undergoes various trifluoromethylation reactions with electrophiles under different reaction conditions to afford trifluoromethylated products.
