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Intramolecular acylation of gamma-benzoyloxy phosphine oxides with LDA
in the presence of Me(3)SiCl gives silyl ethers with high stereoselec
tivity: treatment of these silyl ethers with t-BuOK gives optically ac
tive di- and trisubstituted cyclopropyl ketones in good yield.