A (pentafluoroethyl)(trifluoromethyl)carbene complex of iridium and reductive activation of its sp(3)α, β, and γ carbon-fluorine bonds to give perfluoro-2-butyne, perfluoro-1,2,3-butatriene and perfluoro-1-irida-2-methyl-2-cyclobutene) complexes.

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