Arylation, Vinylation, and Alkynylation of Electron-Deficient (Hetero)arenes Using Iodonium Salts

Arylation, vinylation, and alkynylation of electron-deficient arenes and heteroarenes have been achieved by chemoselective C–H zincation followed by copper-catalyzed coupling reactions using iodonium salts. This approach offers a direct and general access to a wide scope of (hetero)biaryls as well as alkenylated and alkynylated heteroarenes under mild conditions. It is particularly useful and valuable for the rapid and modular synthesis of diverse (hetero)aryl compounds, as demonstrated in the synthesis of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) antagonists and angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1 receptor) antagonists.