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Conjugate addition of the zinc-copper reagent derived from ethyl 4-iod
obutyrate to acetylenic esters in the presence of TMSCI and HMPA resul
ts in cyclization and formation of 3-alkyl-2-carboalkoxycyclohexenones
in good yields.