3,3,3-Trifluoro-1-nitropropene as a Novel Trifluoromethyl-Containing Building Block

Abstract Additions of various carbanion nucleophiles to 3,3,3-trifluoro-1-nitropropene (1) proceeded regiospecifically at the C-2 position of 1 to give the corresponding adducts. The nitro group of the adducts, derived from the reactions with acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate, was reduced to the corresponding amines, which were cyclized in situ to the 3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrrole derivatives.