Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.12, 1180-1181, 2009
Silyl Migration in Conjunction with Substitution on Silicon in Copper(I) t-Butoxide-promoted Coupling between o-Silylphenyl Ketones and Organic Halides
(Z)-Di-t-butoxymethylsilyl enol ethers were stereoselectively produced by the copper(T) t-butoxide-promoted cross-coupling of o-(dimethylphenylsilyl)phenyl ketones with organic halides. The reaction proceeds via the formation of arylcopper species generated by silyl migration to enolate oxygen, accompanied by substitution of t-butoxy on silicon.