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STABILIZED CARBANIONS BY ALKYLLITHIUM-INDUCED DECARBOXYLATION OF NON-ENOLIZABLE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS. AN ANIONIC EQUIVALENT TO THE HUNSDIECKER REACTION
Gilday, John P.,Paquette, Leo A.
, p. 4505 - 4508 (2007/10/02)
Intermediate dianions formed by nucleophilic attac of metyllithium on "alpha"-phenyl or "alpha"- phenylthio carboxylate salts fragment in highly coordinating solvents to produce stabilized carbanions.Once formed, these anions may be conveniently functionalized with various electrophilicreagents.
