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Synthesis of silyl enol ethers and related compounds

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Various ionic liquids have been tested for the preparation of silyl enol ethers from aldehydes and ketones with (bistrimethylsilyl)acetamide (BSA). Yields have been strongly influenced by the nature of the cation of the ionic liquid.
M. Smietana, C. Mioskowski, Org. Lett., 2001, 3, 1037-1039.


N,O-Silyl dienyl ketene acetals are useful reagents for highly enantioselective vinylogous aldol additions to various aldehydes in the presence of SiCl4 and the catalytic action of a chiral phosphoramide.
S. E. Denmark, J. R. Heemstra, Jr., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 1038-1039.


1-Siloxy-1-alkenylcopper species were generated by 1,2-Csp2-to-O silyl migration of the copper enolates of acyltriphenylsilanes. The alkenylcopper species reacted with methyl, benzyl, allylic, tributylstannyl halides and in the presence of Pd(0) catalyst with aryl and alkenyl iodides to give geometrically pure (Z)-enol silyl ethers.
A. Tsubouchi, K. Onishi, T. Takeda, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 14268-14269.