trifluoromethylated tetrasubstituted carbon center is presented. Chiral secondary amines
promote the oxa‐Michael–aldol cascade reaction between alkynals and 2‐
trifluoroacetylphenols via iminium–allenamine activation to produce pharmaceutically
important heterocycles with excellent enantioselectivities. The proposed reaction can be
scaled‐up easily with maintenance of the excellent enantioselectivity.