Abstract

A novel hydrogen-bond-assisted sequential reaction of silyl glyoxylates is described. This method provides an efficient strategy for the synthesis of silyl enol ethers with high selectivity. In these transformations, hydrogen bonds from 2-nitroethanol and its derivatives are critical to the stereochemical outcome. Both E- and Z-isomers are achieved via Henry reaction/Brook rearrangement/elimination and Henry reaction/Brook rearrangement/retro-Henry reaction/elimination processes, respectively (up to 99:1 Z-selectivity, and 9.2:1 E-selectivity).

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