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Treatment of chromium alkoxycarbene complexes having alpha-protons wit
h 2 equivs of organolithium reagents led first to alpha-deprotonation
followed by attack of the organolithium reagent at a metal-bound carbo
n monoxide to produce a species which, upon. oxidation, Led to couplin
g of the two organic fragments to produce alpha-alkoxy enones.