-[Hydroxy(sulfonyloxy)iodo]-2,2,2-trifluoroethanes [CF3CH2I(OH)OSO(2)R
; R = CH3, CF3, p-CH3C6H4] can be prepared in two steps from trifluoro
ethyliodide by oxidation with pertrifluoroacetic acid and subsequent r
eaction with TsOH,MsOH, or Me(3)SiOTf. Reaction of the tosylate deriva
tive 3 with silyl enol ethers affords alpha-tosyloxyketones, while tri
flate 5 smoothly reacts with trimethylsilylbenzene to give the respect
ive trifluoroethyl(phenyl)iodonium triflate 8.