In the presence of a catalytic amount of triphenylmethylium hexachloroantimonate or a catalyst system of antimony pentachloride, chlorotrimethylsilane and tin (II) iodide, α- substituted cyclic ethers are stereoselectively prepared from lactones by successive treatment with 1-(t-butyldimethylsiloxy)-1-ethoxyethene and silyl nucleophiles such as triethylsilane, allyltrimethylsilane and trimethylsilyl cyanide. These catalysts also promote ...
[Diaz-Requejo, M. Mar; Belderrain, Tomas R.; Nicasio, M. Carmen; Trofimenko, Swiatoslaw; Perez, Pedro J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002 , vol. 124, # 6 p. 896 - 897]