Ft. Luo et Lc. Hsieh, NOVEL CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE CATALYZED STEREOSELECTIVE DECONJUGATION OF BETA-BROMO (OR IODO) SUBSTITUTED ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED ACYCLIC KETONE, Tetrahedron letters, 35(51), 1994, pp. 9585-9588
TMSCl catalyzed stereoselective isomerization (deconjugation) of beta-
substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones to the corresponding (Z)-be
ta,gamma-unsaturated ketones and its mechanism studies are described.