A versatile difluorovinylation method: Cross-coupling reactions of the 2,2-difluorovinylzinc–TMEDA complex with alkenyl, alkynyl, allyl, and benzyl halides
2-difluorovinylzinc–TMEDA complex was prepared via a deprotonation–transmetallation sequence starting from commercially available 1,1-difluoroethylene. The complex thus formed was successfully applied to transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with a wide range of organic halides, which led to the syntheses of 2,2-difluorovinyl compounds. On treatment with the difluorovinylzinc–TMEDA complex in the presence