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Keywords:

  • alkenes;
  • alkynes;
  • electrophilic addition;
  • fluorine;
  • trifluoromethanesulfanylamides
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Making introductions: The CF3S unit can be added in an electrophilic fashion to alkenes and alkynes in reactions with trifluoromethanesulfanylamide reagents (see scheme; Ts=toluene-4-sulfonyl). The products obtained may be of interest, for example, in pharmaceutical chemistry and materials science.