A new strategy for the construction of a C
C–CF3 subunit has been developed via CuBr-catalyzed domino cyclization–trifluoromethylation of homopropargyl amines with Umemoto's reagent. 4-Trifluoromethyl-2,3-dihydro-pyrroliums were produced in high yields. The usefulness of these products has been demonstrated by the transformation of them into various other trifluoromethylated molecules.
![Graphical abstract: A new strategy to construct a C [[double bond, length as m-dash]] C–CF3 subunit via CuBr-catalyzed domino reaction of homopropargyl amines: an efficient synthesis of trifluoromethyl containing building blocks 4-trifluoromethyl-2,3-dihydro-pyrroliums](http://hg.y866.cn/compound/lib/scimg/usr/1/C3CC49059A.jpg)