Synthesis of α‐(Trifluoromethyl)pyridazine Derivatives

Over the last decades, an increasing interest in α‐(trifluoromethyl)pyridazines in medicinal chemistry has been noticed. This interest stems firstly from the recent development of biologically active pyridazines as well as from the capacity of the pyridazine ring to be a bioisoster of other heterocycles. Secondly, due to the influence of a fluorine atom on the chemical and physico‐chemical properties of organic compounds, fluorinated pyridazines have been an attractive scaffold for medicinal chemists. Consequently, the methods that allow the synthesis of fluorinated pyridazines, and more specifically pyridazines possessing either one or two CF 3 groups α to the nitrogen atoms, are of great interest and are reported in this review.