... The Journal of Organic ... J. Org. Chem. ... using (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (CF 3 SiMe 3 ).(12) Hence, it is anticipated that fluoride-catalyzed nucleophilic difluoro(phenylsulfanyl)methylation of 1 to cyclic imides 2 would generate the corresponding adducts 3. When R groups of ...