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In this study, we take advantage of the a-CH-acidity of fatty acid esters in order to obtain a-arylated fatty acid derivatives. Therefore, fatty acid tert-butyl esters were deprotonated with strong bases, for instance lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide, and subsequently coupled with bromobenzene by palladium-Nheterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysts. Furthermore, we tested the arylation activity of fatty acid tertbutyl esters towards 1,4-dibromobenzene in order to synthesize aryl-bridged diesters. These diesters were obtained in good yields of 60-80%.