Understanding the influence of emerging fluorinated motifs is of a crucial importance in the context of the exponentially growing exploitation of fluorine in many fields. Herein, we report on the dramatic effect of a local partial charge inversion by replacing a CHCH group by a CFCF. This strategy allows the diastereoselective reduction of 5-membered ring oxocarbenium ions to access highly substituted tetrahydrofurans.
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