Journal of the American Chemical Society

Kinetics and mechanism of the conjugate addition of lithium dimethylcuprate to. alpha.,. beta.-unsaturated ketones

SR Krauss, SG Smith

Index: Krauss,S.R.; Smith,S.G. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1981 , vol. 103, p. 141

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Citation Number: 108

Abstract

Abstract: The kinetics of the reaction of several a&unsaturated ketones with excess lithium dimethylcuprate in the presence and absence of lithium iodide was studied by stopped-flow ultraviolet spectroscopy in diethyl ether solution at 25.0" C, by measuring the rate of disappearence of a spectroscopically observable intermediate. Under these conditions, the conjugate additions are first order in ketone but exhibit a more complex dependence upon ...