The influence of fluorine atoms and fluoroalkyl groups on physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of organic compounds is no doubt today [1]. Up to 25% of all pharmaceuticals
and 40% of agrochemicals contain at least one fluorine atom.
Huge fraction of these compounds bears the trifluoromethyl-substituted aromatics, e.g. trifluoromethylanilines [2].
Although conceptually attractive, however, anilines bearing other fluoroalkyl groups attracted almost no attention so far.
Presumably, the absence of practical approaches towards these compounds renders their subsequent practical application. To fill in this gap, previously we described the synthesis of
isometric (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)anilines [3]. Herein, we report on the multigram preparation of three isomers of (3,3,3trifluoropropyl)aniline