Efficient mercury-free preparation of vinyl and isopropenyl ethers of chiral secondary alcohols and α-hydroxyesters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)00087-S

Mixed acetals 2a-h and 5a-d, readily deriving from the α-chiral alcohols 1a-h and ethyl vinyl ether or isopropenyl methyl ether, underwent selective elimination of primary alcohol upon treatment with triethylamine and trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfon