Base initiated aromatization/CO bond formation: a new entry to O-pyrazole polyfluoroarylated ethers

A base initiated intermolecular SNAr reaction of pyrazolones with polyfluoroarenes was developed. The process involved the isomerization aromatization of pyrazolone followed by the CO bond formation via the selective CF bond cleavage. With this strategy, a wide range of O-pyrazole polyfluoroarylated ethers bearing diverse functional groups were synthesized in mild to good yields. Additionally, our method was also applied to the isoxazol substrates.