This review highlights some of the recent progress that has been made in our laboratory and others in the field of trifluoromethylated (CF3) heterocyclic compounds starting from CF3-containing building blocks. Under mild reaction conditions, ethyl 4,4,4-trifluoroacetoacetate and its derivatives reacted with various organic reagents to produce CF3- containing N, O, S-heterocycles.
Keywords: Synthesis, trifluoromethylated (CF, ), ethyl 4, 4, 4-trifluoroacetoacetate, Derivatives, organic reagents