“…[2] Owing to the strong electron-withdrawing property of fluoroalkyl groups, the fluorinated alcohols possess some unique properties: (1) Generally, there are two versions of reactions participated by fluorinated alcohols: the reactions catalyzed by additional promoters with fluorinated alcohols as solvents and the reactions performed without any catalysts. In the former version, numerous notable works have been achieved, in which transition metal complexes (Co, [3] Fe, [4] Cu, [5] Pd, [6] Ru, [7] Ir, [8] ), Brønsted acids, [9] hypervalent iodines [10] and electrochemical activation [11] have been applied as catalysts, additives or novel driving-force. With the assistance of fluorinated alcohols' unique properties, reactive intermediates of the above reactions can be stabilized by the distinctive solvent microstructure.…”