Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Perfluoroalkylation of Aryl Boronic Acids Using Perfluoroalkylzinc Reagents.

An efficient and synthetically convenient method for copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl boronic acids with perfluoroalkyl zinc reagents has been described. The reaction proceeds under mild reaction conditions with a high efficiency and broad substrate scope and provides a general access to perfluoroalkylated arenes, which are of interest in life and materials science.