[reaction: see text] In the presence of GaCl(3), silyl enol ethers are ethynylated at the alpha-carbon atom with chlorotrimethylsilylethyne. This reaction can provide alpha-ethynylated aryl ketones possessing acidic alpha-protons without isomerization to conjugated allenyl ketones.
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