The invention relates to the technical field of
organic synthesis, in particular to a synthetic method for electrochemical oxidation of a 2-
trifluoromethyl-alpha-carbonyl
ketene dithioacetal compound, which comprises the following steps: A, sequentially adding a compound 1, a compound 2, an
electrolyte and a
solvent into a reactor equipped with an
electrode plate; b, carrying out stirring reaction on the compound 1 and the compound 2 under the conditions of certain temperature and
constant current under an open condition; c, after the reaction is finished, decompressing and evaporating to remove the
solvent to obtain a crude product; and D, carrying out
column chromatography purification to obtain a 2-
trifluoromethyl-alpha-carbonyl
ketene dithioacetal compound 3. According to the method, alpha-carbonyl
ketene dithioacetal and
sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate are used as raw materials, an
anode electrode slice is a
carbon felt electrode, a
cathode electrode slice is an iron sheet electrode, the energizing current is 10 milliamperes, an
electrolyte is a
solvent formed by mixing
tetra-n-butylammonium
perchlorate and
acetonitrile / water, and the
reaction temperature is
room temperature; the 2-
trifluoromethyl-alpha-carbonyl ketene dithioacetal compound can be efficiently synthesized by the method; compared with a traditional synthesis method, the method has the advantages that the reaction condition is mild, and the method can be smoothly carried out at
room temperature; the operation is simple, and all operations can be carried out in an open
system; current is used as an oxidation method in the reaction, so that
pollution of
transition metal and a chemical oxidant is avoided; the raw materials are easy to obtain, the functional group compatibility is good, and the substrate application range is wide.