Abstract
Incomplete deprotonation of racemic 2-substituted cyclohexanones (d1- 4) by chiral lithium amides ( 2) in the presence of trimethylsilyl chloride was found to give the corresponding trimethylsilyl enol ethers ( 5) and the unreacted ketones ( 4) in reasonably high enantiomeric excesses.
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