... During the 1980s, Casiraghi11 and Citterio12 independently envisaged the possibility of obtaining benzofuran-2-one ... of few 3-hydroxy-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzofuran-2-ones [Equation (I), Scheme 1].13 More recently, Masciadri et al. ... 2, BF 3 ·Et 2 O, 30, CH 2 Cl 2, rt, 24, 36, trace. ...