“…3f As shown in Scheme , their reactions with ketenes,6 aldehydes,5, 7 and esters8 give rise to the formation of azolium enolates 2 ,3h, 5–8 equivalents of ester enolates, which have recently gained great attention. Enolates 2 are usually generated in situ and serve as reactive and synthetically useful nucleophiles in [2+2],6a–e [2+3],6f and [2+4]6g,h, 7, 8b cycloadditions,5–8 Michael additions,7e–h and Mannich reactions8a as well as in enantioselective protonations6i,j, 7a and halogenations (Scheme ) 6k…”