Photoinduced Csp3–Br bond homolysis of ArCOCF2Br using triethylamine as the halogen bonding (XB) acceptor was a key step for the 2 + 2 + 1 cyclization. An unprecedented strategy for assembling privileged pyrroles and their fused scaffolds via metal-, oxidant-free C-incorporation into N-alkylenamines through a triple-cleavage process has been disclosed. This method uses readily available alkyl amines, alkynes, or CF3-containing N-benzylenamines as the starting material and features two consecutive C–C-forming reactions with ArCOCF2Br as the carbon source. The transformation exploits the dual reactivity of bromine radicals─hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) and reversible radical addition (RRA)─to coactivate the N-alkylenamines, and the resulting open-shell intermediates are then intercepted by in situ-generated difluoroalkyl radicals to deliver the target heterocycles.
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