Directed Dilithiation of Hexafluorocumyl Alcohol - Formation of a Reagent for the Facile Introduction of a Stabilizing Bidentate Ligand in Compounds of Hypervalent Sulfur (10-S-4), Phosphorus (10-P-5), Silicon (10-Si-5), and Iodine (10-I-3)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00319a001

The reaction of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-phenyl-2-propanol (R_FOH) with either sec-butyllithium or n-bulyllithium/N,N,N'N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) provides 3, a reagent for the facile introduction of a bidentate ligand which is partic