ALKALI METAL FLUORIDE MEDIATED SILYL-REFORMATSKY REACTION IN SOLID-LIQUID MEDIA; ACTIVATION BY MICROWAVES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92038-0

Condensation of trimethylsilylacetonitrile or ethyltrimethylsilylacetate with benzaldehyde, in the presence of dried alkali metal fluorides in heterogeneous media under microwaves leads readily to β-trimethylsilyloxynitrile or ester according to a Reformatsky type reaction.The later products could be hydrolyzed and dehydrated on the wet inorganic salt to give the corresponding alkenes.