Tetrahedron letters

Generation and the ambident character of 9-anthrylmethyl carbanions

TA Engler, H Shechter

Index: Engler, T. A.; Shechter, H. Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 43 p. 4645 - 4648

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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. ... 9-Methoxymethylanthracene, 9-trimethylsilylmethylanthracene and 9-thiomethoxymethylanthracene are converted by butyllithium reagents to -methoxy-9-anthrylmethyl, -trimethylsilyl-9-anthrylmethyl and 9-anthrylmethyl carbanions, respectively, which react at their C-10 and C-11 ...