Sj. Aboulhoda et al., SELECTIVE AND EASY PREPARATION OF ENOL CARBONATES OF ALPHA-DISUBSTITUTED ARYL KETONES FROM THEIR LITHIUM ENOLATES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(27), 1995, pp. 4795-4796
The O-alkoxycarbonylation of lithium enolates of alpha-disubstituted a
ryl ketones was selectively obtained when the enolates, prepared in us
ing lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide, were added to chilled THF soluti
ons of allyl or benzyl chloroformates.