A chromatography-free synthesis of enantiomerically enriched chiral α-trifluoromethyl α-hydroxy acids prepared via an asymmetric (R)-BINOL-mediated organozincate addition to ethyl 2,2,2-trifluoropyruvate (1) is reported.
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