Han Yin, Jie Sheng, Kai-Fan Zhang, Zi-Qi Zhang, Kang-Jie Bian and Xi-Sheng Wang
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 7635-7638
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC03737C,
Communication
A mild and efficient nickel-catalyzed direct monofluoromethylation of (hetero)aryl bromides by reductive cross-coupling has been developed. This method exhibits good efficiency, wide functional-group compatibility, and suitability for aryl and heteroaryl bromides with abundant industrial raw material BrCH2F. This strategy provides an efficient way to synthesize monofluoromethylated molecules for drug discovery.