Iodoperfluooralkylation of terminal alkenesa nd alkynes is effectively photo-promoted by benzophenone 2 (BP) or the photoreducible copper(II) complex 1.I np articular,B Pa t1mol%i n methanol upon3 65 nm irradiationw ith al ow-pressure mercury lamp (type TLC = thin layer chromatography, 6W)r esults in af ast reaction with excellent reactiony ields.C omplex 1 and BP 2 exhibited very similarr eactivity,s uggestingt hat the reactions involving 1 are likely to be governed by the benzophenone photoactivation processes,r athert han copper(I)/(II) redox processes.M echanistic investigations using transient absorption spectroscopy revealed that ad eactivation pathway of the benzophenone triplet( 3 BP*) is via its reactionw ith the methanol solvent. We propose that the generated radicals, in particular CCH 2 OH, play ak ey role in the initiation step formingR f C by reactingw ith R f I, R f C then entering ar adical chain cycle. 1 HNMR studies provided evidence that as ubstantial amount (~7% NMR yield) of the hemiacetal CH 3 OCH 2 OH is formed, i.e., the possible by-product of the reaction between CCH 2 OH and R f I. Finally,D FT calculations indicatet hat at riplet-triplete nergy transfer (TTET) process from 3 BP* to perfluorooctyl iodide (C 8 F 17 I) is unlikely or should be rather slow under the reaction conditions,c onsistent with the transient absorption studies.