LiHMDS-Promoted Palladium-Catalyzed Sonogashira Cross-Coupling of Aryl Fluorides with Terminal Alkynes

A highly efficient Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling of various aryl fluorides with terminal alkynes in the presence of LiHMDS was developed. Both unreactive electron-rich fluoroarenes and electron-poor fluoroarenes proceeded smoothly and afforded the corresponding internal alkynes in moderate to excellent yields.