A. Mahadevan et Pl. Fuchs, A MILD AND CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONALIZED METHYL TRIFLONES AND VINYL TRIFLONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(33), 1994, pp. 6025-6028
A general route for the synthesis of methyl triflone derivatives utili
zing triflic anhydride is described. Stereoselective synthesis of E-vi
nyl and dienyl triflones has been accomplished by the Peterson olefina
tion reaction of alpha-silyl triflone anions.