Visible light-mediated metal-free alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of alkyl halides and alkenylboronic acids/esters: a green method for the synthesis of allyl difluoride derivatives

Halogen bonding-assisted C sp 3 –Br homolysis and bromine radical-mediated oxidative deboronation make visible-light-driven photocatalyst-free alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of alkenylboronic acids/esters with α-bromodifluoroacylarenes accessible.