“…These methods are limited with regard to scope and toxicity and availability of the required halogenation agents and aromatic substrates. In recent years, we developed the synthesis of various fluorinated arenes based on TiCl 4 -mediated [3?3] cyclizations of 1,3-bis (trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes (for a review of [3?3] cyclizations, see [11]; for a review of 1,3-bis(silyl enol ethers), see [12]; [13][14][15][16][17][18]). Herein, we report, for the first time, the synthesis of 4-aryl-6-(chlorodifluoromethyl)salicylates by regioselective [3?3] cyclocondensation of various 1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes with 4-aryl-1-chloro-1,1-difluoro-4-(trimethylsilyloxy)-3-en-2-ones.…”