A novel Kumada-Tamao-Corriu cross-coupling reaction of gem-di- or monofluoroalkenes with Grignard reagents, with or without β-hydrogen atoms, in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium- or nickel-based catalysts has been developed. The reaction is performed under mild conditions (room temperature or reflux in diethyl ether for 1-2 h) and leads to di-cross- or mono-cross-coupled products in good to high yields.

A novel, inexpensive, and efficient palladium-, copper-, ligand-, and amine-free Sonogashira-type cross-coupling reaction of terminal alkynes with unreactive aryl fluorides in the presence of sodium, sodium methoxide, and calcium hydroxide under the assistance of a Grignard reagent was developed. A plausible mechanism was also suggested.

Fourteen difluoromethyl-containing 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles were synthesized via a novel copper-catalyzed click-multicomponent reaction of 2,2-difluoro-2-phenylsulfanylethanol, sodium azide and terminal alkynes in the presence of N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)imidazole, tetrabutylammonium iodide and triethylamine, followed by reductive cleavage of the phenylsulfanyl group using tributyltin hydride and azobisisobutyronitrile.