作者:Kevin L. Jantzi、Craig L. Puckett、Ilia A. Guzei、Hans J. Reich
DOI:10.1021/jo050592+
日期:2005.9.1
The solution and chelation properties of 2-thienyllithium reagents with potential amine and ether chelating groups in the 3-position and related model systems have been investigated using low temperature Li-6, Li-7, C-13, and P-31 NMR spectroscopy, N-15-labeling, and the effect of solvent additives. In THF-ether mixtures at low temperature 3-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)-2-thienyllithium (4) is ca. 99% dimer (which is chelated) and 1% monomer (unchelated), whereas 3-(methoxymethyl)-2thienyllithium (5) is < 10% dimer. Compound 5 crystallizes as a THF-solvated dimer, but there is no indication that the ether side chain is chelated in solution. Both 4 and 5 form PMDTA-complexed monomers almost stoichiometrically, similar to the model compound 2, in sharp contrast to phenyl analogues, which show very different behavior. The barriers to dimer interconversion are ca. 2 kcal/mol lower and chelation is significantly weaker in the 2-thienyllithium reagents than in their phenyl analogues.