posted on 2009-11-20, 00:00authored byPatrick D. O’Connor, Michael G. Marino, Stéphanie M. Guéret, Margaret A. Brimble
β-Methoxymethyl enecarbamates (e.g., 1) have been prepared in a single step from α-methoxy carbamates. In the presence of a mild Lewis acid, compound 1 underwent substitution with a variety of nucleophiles including indoles, electron-rich aromatics, silyl enol ethers, and 2-trimethylsilyloxyfuran.