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On the configurational stability of chiral, nonracemic fluoro- and iodo-[D1]methyllithiums
Kail, Dagmar C.,Malova Krizkova, Petra,Wieczorek, Anna,Hammerschmidt, Friedrich
, p. 4086 - 4091 (2014)
Enantiomerically pure fluoro-[D1]methyllithium and iodo-[D 1]methyllithiums of up to 92% ee were generated by transmetalation of the corresponding stannanes with MeLi in THF at various temperatures. The intermediate halo-[D1]methyllithiums were trapped with benzaldehyde or acetophenone already present in excess in the reaction mixture to either give halohydrins or to disintegrate to carbene. The fluoro-[D1] methyllithiums were found to be microscopically configurationally stable within the tested range of -95 to 0°C, but chemically only stable at temperatures below -95°C due to a rapidly increasing portion disintegrating to carbene. The iodo-[D1]methyllithiums were configurationally labile relative to the rate of addition to PhCHO at all temperatures tested (-95 to -30°C). Disintegration to carbene interfered as well. The microscopic configurational stability of enantiomerically pure fluoro-[D1]methyllithiums prepared by tin-lithium exchange in the presence of excess benzaldehyde or acetophenone has been investigated. Depending on the reaction temperature, a portion of the generated fluoro-[D1]methyllithiums was added to the electrophiles to give fluorohydrins; the remaining portions disintegrated to carbene and LiF (see scheme).
