An efficient trifluoromethylthiolation-based vicinal bifunctionalization of indoles with sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride were achieved to introduce a chlorine atom into the 2-position under transition-metal-free and mild conditions. The protocol could also extend to other sodium perfluoroalkanesulfinates or phosphorus oxybromide. The possible pathway was proposed based on the experimental results.