(Chemical Equation Presented) Polyfunctionalized biphenyl and heteroaromatic compounds were formed in the presence of [Co(acac)2], Bu4Nl, and 4-fluorostyrene (3) through a smooth cross-coupling reaction between organocopper reagents 1, prepared by the transmetalation of functionalized aryl magnesium halides with CuCN·2 LiCl, and aryl halides 2 that bear electron-withdrawing substituents. acac = acetylacetonate, DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane, DMPU = 1,3-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2(1H)-pyrimidinone. © 2005 Wilex-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.