A new class of hypervalent organobismuth compounds functionalized with coordinating pinacolborate esters of the nature ArBiCl 2 (2), Ar 3 Bi (3), ArPh 2 Bi (4), Ar 3 BiCl 2 (5), and ArPh 2 BiCl 2 (6), where Ar ) 3-fluoro-2-pinacolatoboronphenyl, have been prepared and structurally characterized. The Bi • • • O distance is between 2.58 and 3.47 Å in the solid state for all compounds, and reasonable bonding interactions are presumed to exist in compounds 2-4 and 6, where Bi • • • O < 3.0 Å. When ArPh 2 BiCl 2 ( 6) is exposed to CsF in the presence of furan, the [4 + 2] cycloaddition product of 3-fluorobenzyne + furan, 8, is isolated in 58% yield. Mechanistic evidence is offered to support the claim that 6 undergoes an unprecedented fluoride-promoted fragmentation to generate 3-fluorobenzyne, pinacol, BF 3 , and Ph 2 BiF.