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Treatment of silyl enolates with methyllithium followed by an addition of gallium trichloride afforded the corresponding gallium enolates. The reaction of the resulting gallium enolates with α-halo carbonyl compounds in the presence of triethylborane as a radical initiator provided 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds in good yields.
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