The phenyldimethylsilyl group can be converted in two steps, protodesilylation and peracid-mediated rearrangement, into a hydroxy group with retention of configuration: β-phenyldimethylsilyl carbonyl compounds are thus revealed to be masked aldol products.
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Fleming et al. (1984) studied this question.
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