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Keywords:

  • heterocycles;
  • lactones;
  • synthetic methods;
  • trifluoromethylation
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A triflic reaction: The role of triflic anhydride is not limited to the transfer of a triflyl group to the nitrogen atom during the interaction of pyridine with bis(trimethylsilyl)ketene acetals: it can also provide an electrophilic CF3 group able to transform the formed dihydropyridines substituted with trimethylsilyl ester groups into α-trifluoromethyllactones (see scheme).