Zinc Chloride Enhanced Arylations of Secondary Benzyl Trifluoroacetates in the Presence of β‐Hydrogen Atoms

Zinc or swim: Arylation of benzyl trifluoroacetates with arylzinc reagents in the presence of β-hydrogen atoms were realized under mild conditions. Both electron-rich and electron-deficient arene substrates were successfully arylated. This arylation method could offer a very versatile synthetic route to access a series of diversity-oriented diarylalkane motifs. TFA = trifluoroacetyl. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.