Silver-Mediated Oxidative Aliphatic C-H Trifluoromethylthiolation

The first example of a practical and direct trifluoromethylthiolation reaction of unactivated aliphatic C-H bonds employs a silver-based reagent. The reaction is operationally simple, scalable, and proceeds under aqueous conditions in air. Furthermore, its broad scope and good functional-group compatibility were demonstrated by applying this method to the selective trifluoromethylthiolation of natural products and natural-product derivatives.