Abstract
Sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate, CF(3)SO(2)Na, and trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride, CF(3)SO(2)Cl, are two popular reagents that are widely used for the direct trifluoromethylation of a large range of substrates. Further, these two reagents are employed for the direct trifluoromethylsulfenylation and trifluoromethylsulfinylation, the introduction of the SCF(3) and the S(O)CF(3) group, respectively. In addition to the aforementioned reactions, the versatility of these two reagents is presented in other reactions such as sulfonylation and chlorination. This first part is dedicated to sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate.