Cross‐Electrophile Coupling between Aryl/Vinyl Triflates and Vinyl Tosylates for the Synthesis of gem‐Difluoroalkenes via Ni/Pd Cooperative Catalysis

A dual nickel-/palladium-catalyzed direct gem-difluorovinylation of readily available aryl/vinyl triflates with substituted gem-difluorovinyl tosylates is presented. This protocol affords various diaryldifluoroalkene, arylalkyldifluoroalkene and 1,1-difluoro-2-substituted-1,3-dienes under mild reaction conditions with excellent functional group compatibility, and provides a potential pathway to the late-stage functionalization of complex bioactive molecules.