Abstract
A highly site-selective intermolecular trifluoromethylimination of activated and unactivated olefins was reported under transition-metal-and photosensitizer-free conditions.This newly developed strategy pro-vides straightforward and efficient access to diverse value-added vicinal trifluoromethyl amines without resorting to the pre-functionalized reagents.Mechanistic experiments demonstrate that the approach pro-ceeded through CF3 and iminyl two-radicals process,which were generated directly from commercially available benzophenone imine in a novel electron-donor mode via a SET process activated by the bifunc-tional hypervalent iodine reagents.The synthetic potential of the protocols was further showcased via the condensation/amination sequential cascade,and transformations to access β-CF3 primary amines.