Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed Defluorinative Arylation of Polyfluoroarenes

Abstract

Visible-light-induced excited-state palladium catalysis enables defluorinative C(sp2)-C(sp2) cross-coupling of polyfluoroarenes with aryl boronic acids under blue LED irradiation at room temperature. The Pd(OAc)2/BrettPhos catalyst selectively activates C(sp2)-F bonds without external photocatalysts, affording multifluorinated biaryls in good to excellent yields through photoinduced formation of Ar-Pd(II) intermediates.

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2026
Accepted
18 Jun 2026
First published
18 Jun 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Accepted Manuscript

Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed Defluorinative Arylation of Polyfluoroarenes

A. Dey, C. Anghel, R. Kancherla and M. Rueping, Chem. Commun., 2026, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC03082C

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