Ah ighly efficient dimethylformamide (DMF)-promotedd ecarboxylativet rifluoromethylation of a,b-unsaturated carboxylic acids with Togni (II) reagent under metal-freec onditions has been developed. Ther eactions showed good yields,h igh stereoselectivitiesa nd excellent functional group tolerance.M echanistic studies confirmed that freeradical processes were involvedi nt his system since the CF 3 radical had been clearly trapped by scavengers.T his method has been extended to the denitrative trifluoromethylation of b-nitrostyrenes in the presence of an iron(III) catalyst.