A practical and straightforward access to fluorinated homoallylic alcohols in aqueous media

Herein, a practical and straightforward access to fluorinated homoallylic alcohols is reported. The corresponding products were obtained in good to excellent yield in brine or THF as a solvent using indium(0) and the readily available 3-chloro-2-fluoroprop-1-ene to promote the allylation reaction. This methodology affords an easy access to valuable fluorinated products under mild conditions.