Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu 501-11, Japan;Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
Abstract:
Cobalt carbonyl catalysed reaction of tetrahydrofurans with HSiEt2Me and CO (1 atm) took a new reaction pathway leading to enol silyl ethers when acetonitrile was employed as the solvent.