Vinyl ethers of the general structure CH2= CHO (CH2), C= CH and vinyl esters of the general structure CH+ 2 HOC (O)(CH &, MH have been prepared by mild elimination methods from the correspond& u-acetylenic alcohols and acids. A two-step procedure involving addition of alcohol to (trimethylsily1) oxirane followed by silanol elimination, and only slightly modified from the one developed by Hudrlik, provides the vinyl ethers in ...
