Ph(Me)CH substituent, respectively, located at the N-atom. The obtained products, containing a primary amino group, were used for the synthesis of imidazole N-oxides bearing a trifluoromethylgroup as a part of the N(1)-alkyl chain. Imidazole N-oxides with an electron-withdrawing ester group at C(4) underwent spontaneous isomerization under the reaction conditions, and the corresponding imidazol-2-ones
The reactions of α-imino ketones, derivedfrom arylglyoxals, with (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (CF3SiMe3) in DME solution, in the presence of catalytic amount of CsF, at room temperature, yield O-silylated β-imino alcohols in the chemoselective manner. Subsequent reduction of these products with NaBH4 in ethanolic solution leads to the corresponding β-(N-alkyl)amino-α-trifluoromethyl alcohols in