straightforward synthesis of alkyltrifluoromethyl thioethers was developed that starts from widely available alkyl halides or mesylates and the inexpensive reagents sodium thiocyanate and trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane. The alkyl electrophiles are converted in situ into the corresponding thiocyanates, which react with the nucleophilic Ruppert–Prakash reagent to give the corresponding trifluoromethyl thioethers