Nolan M. BetterleyPanida SurawatanawongSamran PrabpaiPalangpon KongsaereeChutima KuhakarnManat PohmakotrVichai ReutrakulMahidol University2018-10-192018-10-192013-11-15Organic Letters. Vol.15, No.22 (2013), 5666-566915237052152370602-s2.0-84887968286https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31164Electrophilic difluoro(phenylthio)methylation of allylsilanes has been achieved using bromodifluoro(phenylthio)methane (PhSCF2Br) and silver hexafluoroantimonate (AgSbF6). The structural assignment and observation of α-fluorocarbocation were substantiated by NMR and theoretical calculations. Detailed mechanistic and electronic studies have provided a fundamental understanding of the reactivity and stability of the difluoro(phenylthio)methylium cation (PhSCF2+). © 2013 American Chemical Society.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyChemistryArticleSCOPUS10.1021/ol402631t