Enantiomerically pure triflones R1CH(R2)SO2CF3 have been synthesized starting from the corresponding chiral alcohols via thiols and trifluoromethylsulfanes. Key steps of the syntheses of the sulfanes are the photochemical trifluoromethylation of the thiols with CF3Hal (Hal=halide) or substitution of alkoxyphosphinediamines with CF3SSCF3. The deprotonation of RCH(Me)SO2CF3 (R=CH2Ph, iHex) with nBuLi