2-(3-Lithiopropyl)- and 2-(3-lithiopropyl)-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane: New masked lithium bishomoenolates in the synthesis of bifunctionalized compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97465-3

2-(3-Lithiopropyl)- and 2-(3-lithiopropyl)-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane (2) are prepaned by lithiation of the corresponding chlorinated precursors with lithium naphthalenide at -78°C. The reaction of these masked bishomoenolates with different electrophiles yie