The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Convenient general method for the preparation of primary alkyllithiums by lithium-iodine exchange

WF Bailey, ER Punzalan

Index: Bailey, William F.; Punzalan, Eric R. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 55, # 19 p. 5404 - 5406

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Citation Number: 252

Abstract

The metathesis between an organic halide and an organolithium known as the lithium- halogen interchange was discovered some 50 years ago by the groups of Wittig and Gilman. 1! 2 The reaction, which is a reversible process leading to an equilibrium mixture favoring the more stable~ rganolithium,~ has been used extensively to prepare relatively stable organometallics such as vinyl-, 5-9J1J2 and cyclopropyllithiums6gJ3 by treatment of the ...