摘要:
                                Tri- and tetrasubstituted 1,4-dien-3-ones 1 were treated with Lewis acid in the presence of triethylsilane, furnishing either silyl enol ethers 4 or cyclopentanones 5 in good yields, depending upon work-up conditions. This reaction is presumed to occur through oxyallyl intermediate 3, which undergoes intermolecular hydride transfer and O-silylation to give 4. In most cases, only 2 equiv. of silane was required, and catalytic amounts of Lewis acid could be used. Trienone substrate 7 was found to undergo clean conversion to tricyclic ether 8, indicating fast capture of the oxyallyl intermediate by the pendant olefin. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.