Pd/Cu bimetallic catalysis to access highly fluorinated biaryls from aryl halides and fluorinated arenes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Mar 3;58(19):3146-3149. doi: 10.1039/d2cc00141a.

Abstract

An efficient Pd/Cu bimetallic cross-coupling catalysis of fluoroaryl halides and fluoroarenes is reported. In situ generation of the Cu nucleophile by rate determining C-H activation of highly fluorinated aryls (≥4 F atoms) leads to high cross-coupling selectivity with little formation of homocoupling products.