Selective formation of alkenes from trimethylsilylmethyl ketones and from acylsilanes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(91)86327-M

Trimethylsilylmethyl ketones, readily available from acyl chlorides, undergo a Reformatsky-Peterson reaction sequence to give 3-alkenoates regioselectively.Acylsilanes, however, react with either zinc ester enolates or trimethylsilylmethylmagnesium chloride to give the corresponding tertiary alcohols which, depending on their structure, spontaneously undergo either elimination or a Brook rearrangement-Peterson olefination sequence.These reactions allow the selective formation of vinylsilanes.