A regioselective and stereoselective difluoromethylation of enamides with bench-stable and easily accessible difluoromethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide is described. A broad array of synthetically important and geometrically defined β-difluoromethylated enamides bearing various functional groups are obtained with up to 91% yield.
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