The enantioselective organocatalytic reduction of trifluoromethyl aryl and alkyl ketoimines afforded the corresponding fluorinated amines with high chemical and stereochemical efficiency. The Lewis base catalyzed reaction with trichlorosilane led to chiral products with a trifluoromethyl group directly linked to the newly generated stereocenter typically in >90% yield and up to 98% e.e.
α-trifluoromethyl benzyl moieties by nucleophilicdisplacement of enantiomerically enriched α-trifluoromethyl benzylic triflates are presented. The effects of substrate electronics, solvent polarity, temperature, and base are studied by measuring the diastereomeric or enantiomeric excesses of the displacement products formed by coupling a variety of α-trifluoromethyl benzylic triflates with a range of