We report an efficient oxidative radical desulfurfragmentation and reconstruction of enol triflates for the synthesis of a-CF 3 ketones.P reliminary mechanistic studies disclosed that oxidative fragmentation to release aCF 3 radical from the triflyl group of enol triflate and subsequent addition of the CF 3 radical to another enol triflate form the desired a-CF 3 ketones.T his method provides an ew approach to a-CF 3 ketones,f eaturing the utilization of catalytic amount of oxidants,b road substrate scope,a nd potential to control the regioselectivity.Supportinginformation for this article can be found under: http://dx.