We have developed ar eductive carbonylation method by which unactivated alkyli odides can be hydroxymethylated to provideo ne-carbon-extended alcohol products under Cu-catalyzed conditions.The method is tolerant of alkyl b-hydrogen atoms,i sr obust towards aw ide variety of functional groups,a nd was applied to primary,s econdary,a nd tertiary alkyli odide substrates.M echanistic experiments indicate that the transformation proceeds by atom-transfer carbonylation (ATC) of the alkyli odide followed in tandem by two CuH-mediated reductions in rapid succession. This radical mechanism renders the Cu-catalyzed system complementary to precious-metal-catalyzed reductive carbonylation reactions.