Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The palladium-catalyzed amination of 3-bromo-4-fluoro-acetophenone was found to predominate over both the 4-fluoro nucleophilic substitution with amines and the palladium-catalyzed α-arylation of the acetyl group. ... The palladium-catalyzed amination of 3-bromo-4-fluoro- ...