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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2012 May 24;134(22):9034–9037. doi: 10.1021/ja301553c

Scheme 4.

Scheme 4

Perfluoroalkylation of 1 Catalyzed by Cu/Ru[a]

[a] General conditions: substrate (1 equiv), CuOAc (0.5–1 equiv) Ru(bpy)3Cl2•6H2O (0.01 equiv), K2CO3 (1 equiv), DMF (0.17 M in substrate), 60 °C, 12 h, 26 W compact fluorescent light bulb; Isolated yield. [b] 5 equiv of C4F9I, 0.5 equiv of CuOAc. [c] 1.2 equiv of C10F21I, 1 equiv of CuOAc.