Imidoyl chlorides as starting materials for the preparation of masked acyllithium intermediates: Synthetic applications

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)83054-8

The lithiation of several imidoyl chlorides 5, catalysed by substoichiometric amounts of naphthalene, followed by reaction with different electrophiles gives, after hydrolysis, the corresponding imine derivatives 6 and 9 or amines 7, depending on the reac