Generation, Some Synthetic Uses, and 1,2-Vinyl Rearrangements of Secondary and Tertiary Homoallyllithiums, Including Ring Contractions and A Ring Expansion. Remarkable Acceleration of the Rearrangement by an Oxyanionic Group

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00063a001

A very general preparative method for homoallyllithiums consists of reductive lithiation of homoallylithiums consists of reductive lithiation of homoallyl phenyl sulfides by lithium 4,4'-di-tert-butylbiphenylide.The sulfides can be prepared by a variety o