Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.8, 1188-1189, 2005
Ammonium carboxylate-catalyzed [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement of silyl enolates generated from alpha-allyloxy esters
Silyl enolates that were generated from a-allyloxy esters afforded the corresponding [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement products in moderate to good yields on treatment with a catalytic amount of Lewis base such as tetrabutylammonium acetate or tetrabutylammonium 4-methoxybenzoate in DMF at room temperature.