2-Lithiated-2-phenyloxetane: a new attractive synthon for the preparation of oxetane derivatives

…, A Salomone, FM Perna, V Capriati

Index: Coppi, Donato Ivan; Salomone, Antonio; Perna, Filippo Maria; Capriati, Vito Chemical Communications, 2011 , vol. 47, # 35 p. 9918 - 9920

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Abstract

A valuable and direct method to access 2-substituted-2-phenyloxetanes by electrophilic quenching of the corresponding 2-lithiated derivative has, for the first time, been described. 2-Lithiated-2-phenyloxetane was found to be configurationally unstable. Evidence is presented to show that electron-transfer processes are also operative in the coupling reactions with electrophiles.