HFIP Promoted Low-Temperature SNAr of Chloroheteroarenes Using Thiols and Amines

A highly efficient and an unprecedented hexafluoro-2-propanol, promoting low-temperature aromatic nucleophilic substitutions of chloroheteroarenes, has been performed using thiols and (secondary) amines under base-free and metal-free conditions. The developed protocol also provides excellent regio-control for the selective functionalization of dichloroheteroarenes, while the utility of the protocol was demonstrated by the modification of a commercially available drug ceritinib.