Chemical Communications 2007-12-21

Bismesitylmagnesium: a thermally stable and non-nucleophilic carbon-centred base reagent for the efficient preparation of silyl enol ethers.

William J Kerr, Allan J B Watson, Douglas Hayes

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (47) , 5049-51, (2007)

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Abstract

Bismesitylmagnesium has been established as an accessible, practical, convenient, and non-nucleophilic carbon-centred base reagent for efficient access to silyl enol ethers from a series of ketone substrates at readily utilisable temperatures.