Although methods exist to construct secondary stereocentres containing both a C–F and C–H bond, the ability to form a tertiary C–F bond, remote from pre-existing activating groups, remains challenging. Now, C–F tertiary, benzylic stereocentres have been constructed through a Pd-catalysed enantioselective Heck reaction of acyclic alkenyl fluorides with arylboronic acids.
- Jianbo Liu
- Qianjia Yuan
- Matthew S. Sigman
