Reaction of acylsilanes with sulfur ylides. Selective formation of silyl enol ethers or β-ketosilanes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)81918-9

The reaction of acylsilanes with sulfur ylides in THF results in the formation of the corresponding silyl enol ethers or β-ketosilanes. The relative ratio of these products varies with the ylide conditions and the stability of ylide used. It is noteworthy that silyl enol ethers were formed under the salt-free ylide conditions, and that β-ketosilanes were yielded in the presence of soluble inorganic salts in THF, selectively. The formation of both products would be interpreted in terms of the anionotropic and cationotropic rearrangements of silyl group in the reaction intermediate.