58931-26-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
DTBB-catalysed lithiation of chlorinated benzylic chlorides, alcohols, thiols or amines
Gomez, Cecilia,Huerta, Fernando F.,Yus, Miguel
, p. 1853 - 1866 (2007/10/03)
The reaction of chlorinated benzyl chlorides (I) with an excess of lithium powder and a catalytic amount of DTBB (4 mol %) in the presence of different electrophiles [Pr(i)CHO, Bu(t)CHO, Et2CO, (CH2)5CO, PhCOMe, Me3/
Direct ortho-Metalation of Benzyl Alcohols. A Novel Method of Preparing ortho-Substituted Benzyl Alcohols
Meyer, Norbert,Seebach, Dieter
, p. 1304 - 1319 (2007/10/02)
Benzyl alcohol and other phenylcarbinols (8a - 11a), including α-tetralol (12a), are doubly deprotonated by excess n-butyllithium/TMEDA in pentane to give lithium ortho-lithioalkoxides (2, 8b - 12b).Alkylations (-> 3a - d, table 1), reactions with heteroelectrophiles (-> 3e - k, table 2) and with carbonyl compounds (-> 6, 13 - 17, tables 3 and 4), as well as subsequent reactions of the primary adducts (-> phthalanes 7, table 3) furnish a large variety of ortho-substituted benzyl alcohol derivatives.The scope and limitations of the dilithioorganyls (sections B and C), their mode of formation (section A), and attempts to doubly metalate 2-phenylethanol are discussed.
One-Step Annelation. A Convenient Method for the Preparation of Diols, Spirolactones, and Spiroethers from Lactones
Canonne, Persephone,Foscolos, Georges B.,Belanger, Denis
, p. 1828 - 1835 (2007/10/02)
1-(ω-Hydroxyalkyl)cyclopentanols and -cyclohexanols were prepared in one step in high yields from butane-1,4-diyl- and pentane-1,5-diylmagnesium dibromides and lactones in tetrahydrofuran.This method was found to be general and applicable to lactones of any size (β, γ, δ, and ε) and structure whether aliphatic, aromatic, bicyclic, or spirocyclic.Evidently important steric hindrance close to the carbonyl group prevents annelation and attack on the second nucleophilic center of the Grignard reagent.Furthermore, in the case of oxetan-2-one one obtains, in additionto the corresponding diol, products resulting from scission of the C-O bond.The diols by appropriate transformation afford new routes to spirolactones and spiroethers.
