Royal Society of Chemistry, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 20(13), p. 5793-5803, 2015
DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00541h
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2,2,2-Trichloro-1-aryl-ethanones can be reduced by RMgX to the corresponding 2,2-dichloro-1-arylethen-1-olates and trapped with a range of electrophiles. In addition we demonstrate that 2,2-dichloro-1-arylethen-1-olates undergo counter-ion controlled Darzens condensations.