The one-pot synthesis of ten 5-carboxyisoxazoles from the cyclocondensation of β- alkoxyvinyl trichloromethyl ketones [CCl3C (O) C (R2) C (R1) OR, where R1, R2= H, Me and R= Me, Et] and 2-trichloroacetyl cyclohexanone with hydroxylamine is reported. This work shows that the trichloromethyl group attached to β-alkoxyvinyl trichloromethyl ketones (a heterocyclic CCC building block) is an excellent carboxyl group precursor.