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The highly diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of beta-trifluoromethyl-beta-lactones bearing two contiguous stereocenters was realized by chiral N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed formal cycloaddition reaction of alkyl(aryl)ketenes and trifluoromethyl ketones.
Wang et al. (Fri,) studied this question.