TY - JOUR AU - Belie, Chantal AU - Plant, Andrew AU - Mulholland, Nick AU - McLachlan, Matthew AU - McCormack, Derek AU - Longstaff, Adrian AU - Kozakiewicz, Tony AU - Knee, Andy AU - Ingram, Katharine AU - Qacemi, Myriem El AU - Diggelmann, Martin AU - Dallimore, Jonathan AU - Dalençon, Anne AU - Clarke, Eric AU - Boehmer, Jutta AU - Williams, John PY - 2014/06/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - An Improved Process for the Preparation of an ?,?-Difluorosulfonylisoxazoline Herbicide JF - CHIMIA JA - Chimia VL - 68 IS - 6 SE - Scientific Articles DO - 10.2533/chimia.2014.442 UR - https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/2014_442 SP - 442 AB - An efficient synthesis of a difluorosulfone-containing herbicide has been achieved by selective reductive silylation of a symmetrical bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,3-triazole. Subsequently, a fluoride-induced reaction led to a difluoromethyl anion equivalent, which was reacted with a sulfur electrophile leading ultimately to the key difluorosulfide moiety. ER -