The preparation of synthetically useful carbonyl-protected δ- and ε-lithio ketones via reductive lithiation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)10230-7

The aromatic radical-anion induced reductive lithiation of the acetals or thioacetals of δ- and ε-(phenylthio)ketones provides δ- and ε-lithioketone equivalents. Primary and tertiary organolithiums have been generated and the ketone function may be part o