Nickel-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Secondary Trifluoromethylated, Difluoromethylated<b>,</b> and Nonfluorinated Aliphatic Electrophiles with Arylboronic Acids under 1 atm of CO
difluoroacetylated secondaryalkyliodides and secondary benzyl bromides, providing a general and cost-efficient method to access alkyl ketones, especially α-trifluoromethylated alkyl ketones that are of great interest in medicinal chemistry. Preliminary mechanistic studies reveal that a bimetallic oxidative addition is likely involved in the reaction.