“…For this reason, enaminones have found a wide application in the synthesis of various heterocycles, dyes and drugs. 22,[30][31][32] Specifically, we have described the synthesis of N- [1-aryl(alkyl)-3-oxo-4,4,4-trifluoro(chloro) 29 The purpose of this paper is to report the complete results of the reactions of 4-alkoxy-4-alkyl(aryl/heteroaryl)-1,1,1-trifluoroalk-3-en-2-ones (1a-j) with 1,3-phenylenediamine to obtain a wide series of ten examples of trifluoroacetyl substituted 1,3-phenylene-bis-enamines (2a-j) and also to investigate the chemical behavior of alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl-substituted enamino intermediates (2) for their application in the simultaneous regioselective synthesis of new 2,8-or 4,8-bis(trifluoromethyl)-2,10-bis-alkyl(aryl)-1,7-phenanthrolines (3) and the respective 4-(trifluoromethyl)-7-aminoquinolines (4) under similar reaction conditions as described previously.…”