Considerable efforts have been dedicated to the synthesis of diarylmethanes and diarylketones using methods such as Friedel-Crafts-type reactions, Grignard-type reactions, and transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, including Suzuki-Miyaura, Negishi, Kumada, and Fukuyama couplings (see Figure ). While these elegant methods play a pivotal role in chemical transformations, they are often limited by challenges such as regioselectivity, air and moisture sensitivity, and the use of excess amounts of reagents which associated with the use of additives. Additionally, these reactions are frequently incompatible with unprotected functional groups.