The directed difluoroacetamidation of unactivated arenes and heteroarenes with bromodifluoroacetamides via visible-light photoredox catalysis has been efficiently achieved at room temperature. Broad utility of this transformation is presented, including electronically deficient heteroaromatic and aromatic systems. The mechanistic pathway of the difluoroacetamidation was discussed based on photoluminescence quenching, spin-trapping, and kinetic isotope effect experiments.

This paper introduces a simple way to the homocoupling of tertiary halides induced by photocatalysis. This method features mild reaction conditions, excellent functional group tolerance, high yields, low photocatalyst loading and successful application to the highly sterically hindered systems. On the basis of the reaction results, a novel stable-radical-induced homocoupling reaction mechanism has been proposed.

A protocol to obtain a variety of 6‐difluoromethylenephosphonated phenanthridines through a radical cyclization process was explored. These reactions, performed with the use of diethyl bromodifluoromethylphosphonate as a radical resource and 2‐isocyanobiphenyls as radical acceptors, were smoothly triggered by visible‐light photocatalysis. Electron‐withdrawing and electron‐donating groups were well tolerated, and the target molecules were obtained in excellent to moderate yields.

In the presence of tetrabutylammonium fluoride and molecular sieves (MS) 4 Å in DMF, an efficient autoxidation reaction of 2-oxindoles with ketones under air at room temperature has been developed. This approach may provide a green, practical, and metal-free protocol for a wide range of biologically important 3-hydroxy-3-(2-oxo-alkyl)-2-oxindoles.

Herein, we report a highly selective C–H olefination of directing-group-free indolines (C5) and tetrahydroquinolines (C6) by Pd/S,O-ligand catalysis. In the presence of the S,O-ligand, a wide range of challenging indolines, tetrahydroquinolines, and olefins was efficiently olefinated under mild reaction conditions. The synthetic potential of this methodology was demonstrated by the efficient olefination of several indoline-based natural products.