• Olefination with methanesulfonyl chloride, promoted by KF in DMF, gives ɑ -(trifluoromethyl)styrene in 92% yield: J. Org. Chem., 59, 2898 (1994).
• Trifluoromethyl ketones undergo selective C-F bond cleavage with Mg in the presence of TMSCl, providing a convenient synthesis of 2,2-difluoro enol silanes: Chem. Commun., 1323 (1999).
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Reaction with Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, A11437, in the presence of triphenylphosphine, gives a highly-functionalized -butyrolactone: J. Org. Chem., 61, 4516 (1996):

• In the presence of KO-t-Bu, acts as a nucleophilic trifluoromethylating agent, converting carbonyl compounds to trifluoromethyl alcohols: Tetrahedron Lett., 44, 1055 (2003).
• In the presence of potassium monopersulfate (Oxone ), catalyzes the epoxidation of allylic alcohols via the in situ formed dioxirane: Tetrahedron, 56, 989 (1999).