A series of new heterocyclic β-ketosulfides was prepared by the reaction of the corresponding heterocyclic thiols with α-bromoacetophenone and its derivatives. Oxidation of the products using m-CPBA gave the corresponding heterocyclic β-ketosulfones, which, on treatment with Selectfluor™ under anhydrous condition underwent electrophilic fluorination resulting in new heterocycles with difluoromethylene moiety adjacent to the ...