An efficient protocol for the stereoselective construction of multisubstituted fluorine-containing alkenes. A palladium-catalyzed bisstannylation of fluorinated internal alkynes.

On treatment of various fluorinated internal alkynes with 1.2 equiv of hexabutylditin under the influence of 2.5 mol % of Pd(t-BuNC)(2)Cl(2) in THF at room temperature for 4 h, the bisstannylation proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding bisstannylated cis-adducts in high yields. Thus obtained adducts were subjected to the Stille cross-coupling reaction to give the corresponding tetrasubstituted fluorine-containing alkenes with defined stereochemistry in good yields.