Supasorn Phae-NokDarunee SoorukramChutima KuhakarnVichai ReutrakulManat PohmakotrMahidol University2018-11-232018-11-232015-05-01European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Vol.2015, No.13 (2015), 2879-2888109906901434193X2-s2.0-84928036476https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/35750© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The silver(I)-mediated decarboxylative fluorination of paraconic acids using Selectfluor^® as a fluorine source is reported. Readily available paraconic acids undergo decarboxylative fluorination with Selectfluor^® mediated by AgNO<inf>3</inf> to give the corresponding β-fluorinated γ-butyrolactones in moderate to good yields. This approach serves as a direct and site-selective strategy for the introduction of a fluorine atom at the β position of γ-butyrolactone cores. The fluorinated products are synthetically useful scaffolds for organic synthesis.Mahidol UniversityChemistryArticleSCOPUS10.1002/ejoc.201500023