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In this letter, an efficient method for the photolytic generation of difluoromethyl radicals from bis(difluoroacetoxy)iodobenzene reagents is described. The present approach enables the introduction of difluoromethyl groups into various heteroarenes under mild conditions in the absence of any additional reagents or catalysts.
Sakamoto et al. (Tue,) studied this question.