The discrete (phosphinoarenesulfonate)Pd fluoride complex (PO Bp,OMe )PdF(lutidine), where PO Bp,OMe = (2-MeOC 6 H 4 )(2-{2,6-(MeO) 2 C 6 H 3 }C 6 H 4 )(2-SO 3 -5-MeC 6 H 3 )P, inserts vinyl fluoride (VF) to form (PO Bp,OMe )PdCH 2 CHF 2 -(lutidine) and inserts multiple ethylene (E) units to generate polyethylene that contains À CH 2 Fc hain ends.T hese results providestrong evidence that the À CHF 2 and À CH 2 Fchain ends in E/VF copolymer generated by (phosphinoarenesulfonate)PdR catalysts form by b-F elimination of Pd(b-F-alkyl) species,V Fo rEinsertion of the resulting (PO)PdF species, and subsequent chain growth. These results also imply that b-F elimination is not an important catalyst deactivation reaction in this system. Scheme 1. (PO)PdR-catalyzed E/VF copolymerization.Scheme 2. Incorporation of VF in E/VF copolymerization. P = polymer chain.