Peterson Reaction (Olefination)

D. J. Peterson, J. Org. Chem. 33, 780 (1968).

Reaction of α-silyl carbanions with carbonyl compounds yielding β-silylalkoxides which undergo instantaneous elimination to afford olefins:

L. Birkofer, O. Stiehl, Top. Curr. Chem. 88, 58 (1980); E. Colvin, Silicon in Organic Synthesis (Butterworth, London, 1981) p 143; D. J. Ager, Synthesis 1984, 384-398; idem, Org. React. 38, 1-223 (1990); S. E. Kelly, Comp. Org. Syn. 1, 731-737, 782-783 (1991). Cf. Tebbe Olefination; Wittig Reaction.