C. Camiletti et al., REGIOSELECTIVE ADDITION OF 1-TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY-1-METHOXY-1,3-DIENES TO ALDONITRONES CATALYZED BY TRIMETHYLSILYL TRIFLATE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(40), 1995, pp. 7293-7296
1-Trimethylsilyloxy-1-methoxy-1,3-dienes (3a-d) regioselectively add t
o aldonitrones at -20 degrees C in dichloromethane in the presence of
10-20 % of trimethylsilyl triflate to give gamma-adducts in high yield
s; on the other hand, 1-trimethylsilyloxy-1-methoxy-1,3-hexadiene (3e)
displayes a reversed regiochemical preference affording the alpha-add
uct as the major product.