Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The epimeric 7-bromo-7-lithionorcaranes have been stereospecifically generated; the -bromo isomer is stable at −78°C, while the - bromo isomer is reactive. The stereochemistry of its reaction with nBuLi involves inversion. ... (c) M. Jones Jr., EW Petrillo Jr. ... The amount of nBuLi ...