title: Reactions of (trialkylsilyl)vinylketenes with lithium ynolates: a new benzannulation strategy.
abstract: (Trialkylsilyl)vinylketenes react with lithium ynolates to produce highly substituted phenols in a new benzannulation strategy that proceeds via the 6pi electrocyclization of an intermediate 3-(oxido)dienylketene. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Wesley F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Yongjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rick L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Danheiser
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D008094:Lithium