A transition-metal-free direct trifluoromethylthiolation of the ipso-carbon of lithium aryl boronates with trifluoromethanesulfenate under mild conditions was described. In addition, late-stage site-selective C–H borylation/trifluoromethylation and C–Cl borylation/trifluoromethylthiolation of biologically active molecules was developed. Initial mechanistic study suggested that the Li+ cation plays