STEREOSPECIFIC CONJUGATE ADDITION OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENTS TO NAPHTHYLIMINES. A FACILE ROUTE TO 1,1,2- AND 1,2-SUBSTITUTED DIHYDRONAPHTHALENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)96707-8

Addition of organolithium reagents at low temperature to the cyclohexylimine of 1-naphthaldehyde followed by electrophilic trapping of the intermediate gives rise to high yields of the title compounds.