Abstract
Diastereoisomers of laterally lithiated tertiary naphthamides are configurationally stable at the lithium-bearing stereogenic centre at -40°C. The syn diastereoisomer, which may be farmed by stereoselective deprotonation or stereospecific transmetallation, reacts stereospecifically, but both the tin-lithium exchange leading to the anti diastereoisomer and its subsequent reactions are characterised by an unprecedented lack of stereospecificity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2565-2568 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Apr 1997 |