The reaction of styrene with trifluoromethylsulfonylnitrene generated in the system t-BuOCl-NaI led to the formation of trifluoro-N-[2-phenyl-2-(trifluoromethylsulfonylamino)ethyl]methanesulfonamide CF 3 SO 2 NHCH(Ph)CH 2 NHSO 2 CF 3 , 2-iodo-1-phenylethanol, and heterocyclization product, 2,6-diphenyl-1,4-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)piperazine. The latter is regioisomeric to 2,5-diphenyl-1,4-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)-piperazine obtained previously by analogous reaction in the system t-BuOCl-NaI · 2 H 2 O.We recently studied the reaction of styrene with trifluoromethylsulfonylnitrene CF 3 SO 2 N: generated from trifluoromethanesulfonamide in the system t-BuOClNaI · 2 H 2 O and obtained 2,5-diphenyl-1,4-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)piperazine (I) together with other products. The structure of compound I was determined by X-ray analysis, and a probable mechanism of its formation was proposed [1]. Unexpectedly, compound I was also obtained by dehydrobromination of N-(2-bromo-2-phenylethyl)trifluoromethanesulfonamide (II) by the action of triethylamine [2] (Scheme 1).Compound I was not the major product in the reaction of styrene with trifluoromethylsulfonylnitrene; apart from I, trifluoro-N-[2-phenyl-2-(trifluoromethylsulfonylamino)ethyl]methanesulfonamide (III) and 2-iodo-1-phenylethanol (IV) were formed [1]. With a view to obtain the corresponding aziridine [3] we modified the system t-BuOCl-NaI · 2H 2 O and used anhydrous sodium iodide. The reaction occurred in a way similar to that reported previously [1], i.e., with formation of compounds III and IV as products of opening of the aziridine ring in the primary addition product of trifluoromethylsulfonylnitrene to styrene. However, the third isolated compound (V) differed from piperazine I obtained previously. Its 1 H NMR spectrum contained signals from aromatic protons and an ABX spin pattern, but the H A signal was displaced by 0.3 ppm upfield, and the H B and H X signals were located in a weaker field (by 0.2 and 0.1 ppm, respectively) relative to the corresponding signals in the spectrum of I. In the 13 C NMR spectrum of compound V the CH carbon atom resonated in a stronger field (by 5 ppm), and the most important difference from the spectrum of I was the presence of two signals assignable to CF 3 group. Correspondingly, two different signals were observed in the 19 F NMR spectrum of V. The above data allowed us to assign compound V the structure of 2,6-diphenyl-1,4-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)piperazine (Scheme 2).Apart from the presence of signals from two magnetically nonequivalent trifluoromethyl groups in the NMR spectra, the unsymmetrical structure of compound V was confirmed by the mass spectral data. The exact molecular weights of I and V coincide with each