Usage of arylsulfur chlorotetrafluorides 1 as versatile deoxo-and dethioxo-fluorinating agents is described. There have been developed two convenient methods for the in situ preparation of reactive arylsulfur trifluorides 2 from 1. The one is reduction of 1 with a reducer such as pyridine to 2, and the other is disproportionation of 1 with a diaryl disulfide to 2 with evolution of chlorine gas. The latter method is a convenient way to get neat 2 ...