n-Butyllithium/N,N,N‘,N‘-Tetramethylethylenediamine-Mediated Ortholithiations of Aryl Oxazolines: Substrate-Dependent Mechanisms
摘要:
n-Butyllithium/N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine-mediated ortholithiations of aryloxazolines are described. Methyl substituents on the aryloxazoline and substituents at the meta position of the arenes (methoxy, oxazolinyl, and fluoro) influence the rates and the mechanisms. Monomer- and dimer-based reactions are implicated. Density functional calculations probe details of the mechanism and suggest the origins of cooperative effects in meta-substituted aryl oxazolines.
作者:Lekha Gupta、Alexander C. Hoepker、Kanwal J. Singh、David B. Collum
DOI:10.1021/jo802713y
日期:2009.3.6
Ortholithiations of a range of arenes mediated by lithium dilsopropylamide (LDA) in THF at -78 degrees C reveal substantial accelerations by as little as 0.5 mol % of LiCl (relative to LDA). Substrate dependencies suggest a specific range of reactivity within which the LiCl catalysis is optimal. Standard protocols with unpurified commercial samples of n-butyllithium to prepare LDA or commercially available LDA show marked batch-dependent rates-up to 100-fold-that could prove significant to the unwary practitioner. Other lithium salts elicit more modest accelerations. The mechanism is not discussed.
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