Versatile CF3 building block: Hu et al, J. Chem Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1998, 2, 279. Precursor for PC77612-(Trifluoromethyl)acrylic acid : JOC., 1989 , 54.
• Precursor of 1-(trifluoromethylvinyl) organometallic species which permit the introduction of this useful fragment into a variety of molecules. For a review, see: Tetrahedron, 50, 2993 (1994).
• Treatment with LDA gives a trifluoromethylacetylene anion synthon which reacts with electrophiles to give trifluoromethylethynyl products: J. Fluorine Chem., 80, 145 (1996).