Selectivities in the Reactions of Alkyl-, Aryl- and Heterosubstituted Organotitanium Compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19810640136

Solutions of the title compounds R-Ti(OR')3 (1) are generally available from organolithium (or magnesium) derivatives according to equation 1.It is shown (table 1) that some heterosubstituted organotitanium compounds are more stable thermally than their lithium counterparts.The reagents 1 are highly selective carbonylophiles (Tables 1 and 2), their reactivity can be modified by variation of the R'O-group (Table 3) and with the chiral (S)-2-methyl-1-butoxy group an enantioselective addition can be achieved.