Author's Organization:Tokyo College of Pharmacy Tokyo College of Pharmacy Tokyo College of Pharmacy Tokyo College of Pharmacy Tokyo College of Pharmacy
Photochemical trifluoromethylation of pyridine gave a mixture of three (trifluoromethyl) pyridines. Pyrrole and N-methylpyrrole were trifluoromethylated in α-position. Benzene gave very low yield of benzotrifluoride.