V. Berl et al., HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CATALYSTS FOR THE CONJUGATE ADDITION OF SILYL KETENEACETALS TO ENONES (MUKAIYAMA-MICHAEL REACTION), Tetrahedron letters, 35(2), 1994, pp. 233-236
Conjugate additions of O-silylated acetals to simple enones have been
reported to proceed without a catalyst if acetonitrile is used as solv
ent. Inability to repeat this procedure led to the discovery that an a
s yet unknown species formed from P4O10 in acetonitrile displays high
catalytic activity.