%A T Mo %A X Mi %A EE Milner %A GS Dow %A P Wipf %J Tetrahedron Letters %T Synthesis of an 8-pentafluorosulfanyl analog of the antimalarial agent mefloquine %X The 8-SF5 analog of mefloquine was synthesized in nine steps from commercially available starting materials and in five steps from a novel ortho-SF5-substituted aniline intermediate. ? 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. %N 39 %P 5137 - 5140 %V 51 %D 2010 %R 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.07.113 %L pittir22225