A series of derivatives of 4-hydroxycyclohexanone (1 ag) with the hydroxy group protected as a silyl ether (1 a, b), ether (1 d, g), an acetal (1 c), or an ester (1 e, f) were deprotonated with chiral, optically pure, lithium amides 3-9. The resulting non-racemic enolates were trapped as enol acetates. The enantioselectivity of deprotonation was up to 74% ee.
[De Vos, Nils; Maton, Cedric; De Vreese, Peter; Brooks, Neil R.; Binnemans, Koen; Stevens, Christian V. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 , # 18 p. 3741 - 3750]