• Simple triflic esters, readily prepared by reaction with alcohols, are powerful alkylating agents and must be handled with extreme care because of their irritating effect on the lungs. For a review, see: Synthesis, 85 (1982).
• One of the strongest available monoprotic acids. For a review of the chemistry of triflic acid and its derivatives, see: Chem. Rev., 77, 69 (1977).
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For use in direct electrophilic amination of arenes, see Trimethylsilyl azide, L00173. Effects direct oxy-functionalization of aromatics in combination with bis(TMS) peroxide: J. Org. Chem., 54, 1204 (1989); or sodium perborate: Synlett, 39 (1991).•
Adds to both internal and terminal alkynes to give vinyl triflates: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 91, 4600 (1969); Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 472 (1998). Reaction in the presence of a nitrile provides a route to sterically hindered 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyrimidines: Synthesis, 881 (1990):
