“…The nucleophilic trifluoromethylation to conjugated alkenes essentially occurs solely via a 1,2-addition [1–11], not a 1,4-addition (Scheme 1), with the exception of non-general examples of 1,4-additive trifluoromethylation of (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (Me 3 SiCF 3 , Ruppert–Prakash reagent) to very specific substrates such as trans -1-benzoyl-2-(dimethylamino)ethylene [12], 2-polyfluoroalkylchromones [13–14], isoxazoles with a nitro group at the 4-position [15], and Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts (via S N 2’ [16] or successive S N 2’/S N 2’ mode [17]).…”