H. Ito et al., SELECTIVE O-ACYLATION OF SILYL ENOL ETHERS WITH ACID HALIDES MEDIATEDBY A COPPER(I) SALT, Tetrahedron letters, 39(35), 1998, pp. 6295-6298
A new selective synthetic method of enol esters (O-acylated products)
from silyl enol ether and acid chloride in the presence of CuCl is des
cribed. This reaction proceeds smoothly in DMI (1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazo
lidinone) but not in a less polar solvent. The silicon-copper exchange
reaction pathway is proposed for this transformation as in the cases
of hydrosilane and alkynylsilane which were previously reported. (C) 1
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