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LDA treatment of 2-silylated benzamides 1 affords 2-fluorosilylated ac
etophenones 3 in a general process likely driven by CIPE-facilitated a
lpha-silyl carbanion formation and rearrangement (Scheme 3); oxidation
(H2O2) of the products gives 2-hydroxyacetophenones and catechols (Sc
heme 4). (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd