M. Hojjat et al., AN ACTIVATED TRIFLUOROMETHYL GROUP AS A NOVEL SYNTHON FOR A SUBSTITUTED VINYL FUNCTION - FACILE SYNTHESIS OF 2(SUBSTITUTED 1-ALKENYL)ANILINES, Synthetic communications, 24(2), 1994, pp. 267-272
Treatment of 2-(trifluoromethyl)aniline with an alkyl Grignard reagent
results in an efficient transformation of the trifluoromethyl substit
uent into a substituted vinyl group.