We have discovered that the lithium enolate of 2-(trimethylsi1yl) cyclopropanone is formed by the reaction of [1-(trimethylsilyl) vinyl] lithium (la) 5 with CO. Treatment of la with an atmospheric pressure of CO in THF at 15 OC for 2 h followed by quenching with chlorotrimethylsilane at-78 OC afforded a somewhat labile product, which decomposed during the ordinary hydrolytic workup. Quenching with tert-butyldimethylchloro-silane/ ...