obtained trifluoroacetimidates were more stable than the trichloro analogue and were easily purified by SiO2 column chromatography and/or distillation. The 3,3-sigmatropic rearrangement of allylic analogues, acid-catalyzed cyclization of the epoxy analogues and glycosylation of sugar analogues were studied comparing with their corresponding trichloroacetimidates. The trifluoroacetimidates were considerably