“…Since Carreirasp ioneering report, [4a] several catalysts have been developed for the enantioselective alkynylation of aldehydes, [4] imines, [5] and alkyl ketones. [6] In contrast, there are fewer reports on the enantioselective alkynylation of trifluoromethyl ketones, [7,8] as the high reactivity of these electron-deficient electrophiles has led to significant challenges associated with facial selectivity.A lthough there have been some reports on the enantioselective variant of this transformation, they all suffer from significant drawbacks, such as high temperatures, [7a] large excesses of expensive reagents, [7b,d] or the use of precious,s econd-row transition metals as catalysts ( Figure 1b).…”