The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Metalation of 14H-Dibenzo [a, h]-, 7H-Dibenzo [c, h]-, and 14H-Dibenzo [a, c] phenothiazine with n-Butyllithium

DA Shirley, JC Gilmer

Index: Shirley,D.A.; Gilmer,J.C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1962 , vol. 27, p. 4421 - 4423

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Abstract

It is well established that the metalation reaction with alkyllithium reagents allows introduction of a lithium atom in a highly selective fashion into a wide variety of aromatic and heterocyclic ring systems. 2 In earlier work from this laboratory, the metalation reaction was