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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

Speciation-Controlled C-F Bond Functionalization Enabled by Zwitterionic Pnictinidenes.

Irene Sánchez-Sordo, Sergio Fernandez, Selwin Fernando, Diego M Andrada, Oriol Planas

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Irene Sánchez-SordoDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7471-1831
Sergio FernandezDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2955-6550
Selwin FernandoDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9339-7673
Diego M AndradaGeneral and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2515-7859
Oriol PlanasDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2038-2678

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/X019306/1ERC StG EU805113Fundación Ramón Areces BEVP34A6835Imperial College LondonUKRI EP/Y027612/1
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Abstract

Low-valent pnictogen systems have recently emerged as redox catalysts for C-F activation. However, catalytic turnover has remained largely restricted to hydrodefluorination pathways reliant on metallomimetic reductive elimination. Herein, we report a defluorinative functionalization platform mediated by zwitterionic pnictinidenes that enables the formation of diverse C-X bonds (X = C, O, S, N, P, Se) from polyfluoro(hetero)arenes under mild conditions. Combined experimental and DFT studies reveal that, although a Sb(I)/Sb(III) redox cycle could be accessed, catalysis instead proceeds through Sb(III)-F species that promote C-F substitution via a redox-neutral manifold. These findings establish catalyst speciation as a decisive mechanistic branch point, showing how strategies to modulate ligand scrambling events may enable alternative pnictogen-based redox or redox-neutral manifolds.

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antimonybismuthcatalysisdefluorofunctionalizationredox catalysisredox neutral

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PMID42479923
PMCPMC13592294

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