Novel regioisomers of trifluoromethylated cyclopropanes have been synthesized by Michael addition and nucleophilic cyclization process. The reaction was carried out with the trifluoromethylcrotonate and nucleophilic reagents. Fluorinated cyclopropanes were obtained with good to excellent diastereoselectivities. Furthermore, interesting constrained building blocks have emerged from this methodology.

Access to novel amino trifluoromethyl cyclopropane carboxylic acid derivatives.
Massaba Keita, Rocco De Bona, Mickael Dos Santos, Olivier Lequin, Sandrine Ongeri, Thierry Milcent, Benoit Crousse.
Tetrahedron 2013 69 (15), 3308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.012