activation of fluorinatedalkenes and arenes was developed. In this Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura-type cross-coupling reaction, neither a base for enhancing the reactivity of the organoboron reagents nor a Lewis acid for promoting C–F bond activation was required. A fluoropalladium intermediate played an essential role in this reaction. In addition, a Ni(NHC) catalyst was efficient for C–C coupling through
The trifluoromethylation of carbonyl compounds is accomplished by the stable (trifluoromethyOzinc reagent generated and then isolated from CF3I and ZnEt2, which can be utilized as a trifluoromethyl anion source (CF3-). The reaction proceeds smoothly with diamine as a ligand and ammonium salt as an initiator, providing the corresponding trifluoromethylated alcohol products. Moreover, the (trifluoromethyl)zinc reagent can also be employed as a difluorocarbene source (:CF2) not only for gem-difluoroolefination of carbonyl compounds with phosphine but also for gem-difluorocyclization of alkenes or alkynes via the thermal decomposition, respectively.