1 Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI) , ESPCI Paris/CNRS/PSL University , 10 rue Vauquelin , 75231 Cedex 05 Paris , France.
The synthesis of various optically active α-trifluoromethylamines has been realized from β-amino-α-trifluoromethyl alcohols via an aziridinium ion intermediate under kinetic conditions.