Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.4, 588-589, 2005
Lewis base-catalyzed [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement of silyl enolates generated from alpha-allyloxy ketones
Silyl enolates generated from alpha-allyloxy ketones afforded the [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement products in good to high yields in the presence of a catalytic amount of Lewis base such as lithium 2-pyrrolidone, lithium acetamide, or lithium hexamethyldisilazide in DMF at room temperature.