“…With the highest reported Hansch parameter (p = 1.44) and strong electron-withdrawing properties (Hammett parameters: s m = 0.40, s p = 0.50), the trifluoromethylthio (SCF 3 )g roup in particular has emergeda sapromising substituent in pharmaceuticals that counterintuitively combines significant polarity with high lipophilicity. [2,3] By contrast, nucleophilic trifluoromethylthiolation reactions are typicallyp erformed by using only ah andfulo f À SCF 3 sources, such as AgSCF 3 ,C uSCF 3 ,a nd [Me 4 N]SCF 3 . As demonstratedi na number of impressive contributions, reagents such as N-(trifluoromethylthio)phthalimide, [2(2-iodophenyl)propan-2-yl)oxy]-(trifluoromethyl)sulfane and Billard's trifluoromethyl sulfenamides have opened up new mild synthetic routes towards SCF 3 -substituted molecules that were not accessible by using the previously availablet oxic gases F 3 CSÀCl and F 3 CSÀSCF 3 .…”