S. Kashimura et al., CATHODIC COUPLING OF KETONES WITH ETHOXYVINYLSILANES - USEFUL METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 1,3-DIOLS, Chemistry Letters, (4), 1996, pp. 309-310
Cathodic coupling of ketones with ethoxydimethylvinylsilanes takes pla
ce regioselectively at the position beta to ethoxydimethylsilyl group
and affords 1-oxa-2-silacyclopentane derivatives as products which are
easily transformed to 1,3-diols by oxidative desilylation.