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Dynamic behavior and reactivity of (1,1,3,3-tetramethylallyl)lithium
Cabral, Jose,Fraenkel, Gideon
, p. 9067 - 9075 (2007/10/02)
(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylallyl)lithium (1), prepared by cleaving the corresponding phenyl sulfide 2 at -92°C with lithium 1-(dimethylamino)naphthalenide or by reacting the trimethyltin derivative 3 with CH3Li in THF/diethyl ether/TMEDA at -78 °C, ad
Preparation and Remarkable Reactivity of the Elusive (1,1,3,3-Tetramethylallyl)lithium
Cabral, Jose A.,Cohen, Theodore,Doubleday, Wendel W.,Duchelle, Ellen Francis,Fraenkel, Gideon,et al.
, p. 3680 - 3684 (2007/10/02)
Although traditional methods of allyllithium production failed for (1,1,3,3-tetramethylallyl)lithium, it was readily prepared in a two-pot sequence starting with mesityl oxide.The key step is reductive lithiation of 4-(phenylthio)-2,4-dimethyl-2-pentene w
