Fluoride-assisted trifluoromethylation of aromatic thiones with (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane

In the presence of a stoichiometric amount of Bu4NF·3H2O, (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane reacts with aromatic thiones in both thiophilic and carbophilic ways to deliver, in medium yield, a mixture of (trifluoromethylthio)diarylmethane and 1,1-diaryl-2,2,2-trifluoroethanethiol, the former product being the major one.