Tetrahedron Letters

2-(3-Lithiopropyl)-and 2-(3-lithiopropyl)-2-methyl-1, 3-dioxolane: New masked lithium bishomoenolates in the synthesis of bifunctionalized compounds

DJ Ramón, M Yus

Index: Ramon, Diego J.; Yus, Miguel Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 26 p. 3763 - 3766

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Abstract

Abstract 2-(3-Lithiopropyl)-and 2-(3-lithiopropyl)-2-methyl-1, 3-dioxolane (2) are prepaned by lithiation of the corresponding chlorinated precursors with lithium naphthalenide at− 78 C. The reaction of these masked bishomoenolates with different electrophiles yields the