Despite the potential of fluorinated compounds in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, the formation of C–F bonds remains challenging. It has now been shown that aryl sulfonium salts, which can be made by site-selective C–H functionalization, have advantageous photoredox reactivity compared to conventional (pseudo)halides and can be used for late-stage C–H fluorination.
- Jiakun Li
- Junting Chen
- Tobias Ritter