Abstract The reaction of various secondary nitro compounds with 1.1 equivalents of potassium hydride in 1, 4-dioxane and then with 0.10 equivalent of chlorotrimethylsilane gave the corresponding ketones in 62-90% yields. By a similar strategy, poly (1, 3- diketones) were synthesized directly from nitroalkenes with sodium ethoxide, potassium hydride, and chlorotrimethylsilane in 1, 4-dioxane. The use of chlorotrimethylsilane in a ...
[Fleming, Ian; Goldhill, Jon; Perry, David A. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1982 , # 7 p. 1563 - 1570]