Abstract

A green and efficient protocol for the direct monofluorination of unactivated alkylarenes under visible-light irradiation has been developed, without any extraneous transition-metal catalysts or photosensitizers. This method is compatible with a broad spectrum of functional groups, including carboxylic and alcoholic scaffolds, under mild reaction conditions. Gram-scale synthesis of a fluorine-containing pharmaceutical analogue was successfully executed, underscoring the strategy's reliability and practicality. Furthermore, mechanistic studies suggest that a single-electron transfer mechanism might be responsible for the generation of the benzylic radicals in initiation step.

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