Abstract
The regioselectivity of deprotonation of 2-methylcyclohexanone, 2-heptanone, phenylacetone,4-methyl-2-pentanone, trimethylsilyl acetone and 3-methyl-2-pentanone with the lithium salt of the readily prepared tBuNHSiR3 amines, where the silyl group is trimethyl, triethyl, tert-butyldimethyl and methyldiphenylsilyl was investigated.