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Bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide in the catalytic conjugate allylation of α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

N Kuhnert, J Peverley, J Robertson

Index: Kuhnert, Nikolai; Peverley, Jonathan; Robertson, Jeremy Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 20 p. 3215 - 3216

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Abstract

Bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide may be used directly to initiate the catalytic conjugate allylation of α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with allyltrimethylsilane; high yields of either silyl enol ethers of δ, ε-unsaturated ketones and esters may be obtained under mild conditions.