Configurational stability and stereospecificity in the reactions of amide-stabilised organolithiums: A non-stereospecific tin-lithium exchange

Jonathan Clayden*, Jennifer H. Pink

*Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2565-2568
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume38
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Apr 1997

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