Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... In contrast to previous results the Peterson olefination reaction of substituted cyclohexanones with metallotrimethylsilylacetates (1) affords moderate to high stereoselectivity. ... To our best knowledge, ethyl potassio(trimethylsilyl)acetate (1d) has not been previously reported. ...