G. Dujardin et al., EFFICIENT MERCURY-FREE PREPARATION OF VINYL AND ISOPROPENYL ETHERS OFCHIRAL SECONDARY ALCOHOLS AND ALPHA-HYDROXYESTERS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(10), 1995, pp. 1653-1656
Mixed acetals 2a-h and 5a-d readily deriving from the alpha-chiral alc
ohols 1a-h and ethyl vinyl ether or isopropenyl methyl ether, underwen
t selective elimination of primary alcohol upon treatment with triethy
lamine and trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, and thus afforded
good to high yields of the chiral enol ether 3a-h and 6a-d respective
ly.