An indium-mediated Barbier-type reaction of difluoropropargyl bromide with several aldehydes in aqueous media wasenhanced by a catalytic amount of a lanthanide triflate (5mol %). The reaction gave the corresponding
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-difluorohomopropargyl alcohols with high regioselectivity. The [2+ 2 + 2] alkyne cyclotrimerization of
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-difluorohomopropargyl alcohols with monosubstituted acetylenes produced4,4-difluoroisochromans in good yields with moderate regioselectivity.