Trifluoromethyl Vinamidinium Salt as a Promising Precursor for Fused β-Trifluoromethyl Pyridines.

An efficient chlorotrimethylsilane-promoted synthetic protocol for the preparation of functionalized fused β-trifluoromethyl pyridines by cyclization of electron-rich aminoheterocycles or substituted anilines with a trifluoromethyl vinamidinium salt was developed. The efficient and scalable approach for producing represented trifluoromethyl vinamidinium salt demonstrated huge prospects for further use. The structure specificities of the trifluoromethyl vinamidinium salt and their impact on the reaction progress were determined.