Abstract Selected activated bromobenzenes XC 6 H 4 Br (X= 4-Br, 4-I, 4-CN, 2-CN) were successfully deprotonated with lithium 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidide (LTMP) in THF at–80 C. Thus, 2, 5-dibromo-, 2-bromo-5-iodo-, 5-bromo-2-cyano-, and 3-bromo-2- cyanophenyllithium were obtained as stable intermediates and could be converted by subsequent reactions into various functionalized derivatives with good yields. A ...