1, 4-C, O-dianions have been generated through concomitant acid/base and tellurium/lithium exchange reactions. The di-lithium salts were transmetallated with cerium chloride to the corresponding di-cerium salts and subsequently reacted with lactones and carboxylic acid anhydrides to yield the respective spiroketals. The di-lithium entities were also converted into the corresponding cyanocuprates that add in a 1, 4-manner to 2- ...
[Seo, Jai Woong; Comninos, John S.; Chi, Dae Yoon; Kim, Dong Wook; Carlson, Kathryn E.; Katzenellenbogen, John A. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 49, # 8 p. 2496 - 2511]