The cross‐coupling of esters of N‐hydroxyphthalimide with fluorinated alkyl zinc reagents resulting in the C(sp 3 )−C(sp 3 ) bond formation is described. The method involves readily accessible perfluorinated and tetrafluorinated alkyl zinc bromides. The reaction is performed under copper and photoredox dual catalysis conditions.
Imaev et al. (Tue,) studied this question.