An efficient electrochemical silylation of chlorodifluoromethyl enol e
thers 2 afforded in good yields the new functionalized difluoromethyl
allylsilanes 1 on a preparative scale. These silanes reacted as difluo
romethyl anion equivalents with an aldehyde as electrophile, providing
functionalized a-difluoromethyl alcohols 4. (C) 1998 Published by Els
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