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Ruiz C, Raya-Barón Á, Ortuño MA, Fernández I. Accelerating role of deaggregation agents in lithium-catalysed hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:7932-7937. [PMID: 32490461 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01540g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A combined computational and experimental approach demonstrates the accelerating role of deaggregation agents, especially HMPA, in the Li-catalysed hydrosilylation of acetophenone in THF solution under very mild conditions.
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- Cristina Ruiz
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Research centre CIAIMBITAL, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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Anionic polymerization initiated by lithium amides for preparing high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mack KA, Collum DB. Case for Lithium Tetramethylpiperidide-Mediated Ortholithiations: Reactivity and Mechanisms. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:4877-4883. [PMID: 29589920 PMCID: PMC6141241 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b00590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rate and mechanistic studies of ortholithiations by lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide focus on four arenes: 1,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene, 1,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene, 1,3-dimethoxybenzene, and 4,4-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2-oxazoline. Metalations occur via substrate-dependent combinations of monosolvated monomer, disolvated monomer, and tetrasolvated dimer (triple ions). Density functional theory computational studies augment the experimental data. We discuss the challenges presented by shifting dimer-monomer proportions in determining the observable reaction orders and our mathematical treatment of such shifting in reactant structure.
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- Kyle A Mack
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Baker Laboratory , Cornell University , Ithaca , New York 14853-1301 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Baker Laboratory , Cornell University , Ithaca , New York 14853-1301 , United States
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Houghton MJ, Collum DB. Lithium Enolates Derived from Weinreb Amides: Insights into Five-Membered Chelate Rings. J Org Chem 2016; 81:11057-11064. [PMID: 27749060 PMCID: PMC5261255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enolization of O-methyl hydroxamic acids (Weinreb amides) in tetrahydrofuran solution with lithium diisopropylamide affords predominantly tetrameric enolates. Aryl substituents on the enolates promote deaggregation. The aggregation states are assigned by using the method of continuous variation in conjunction with 6Li NMR spectroscopy. Decoalescence of the tetramer resonance below -100 °C shows considerable spectral complexity attributed to isomerism of the methoxy-based chelates. Density functional theory calculations were used to examine the consequences of the bite angle of five-membered chelates in cubic tetramers and resulting solvation numbers that were higher than anticipated.
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- Michael J. Houghton
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301
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Greer JA, Blair VL, Thompson CD, Andrews PC. Simplifying metal-'ate' chemistry: formation and comprehensive characterisation of a homo-metallic amido lithiate complex. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:10887-90. [PMID: 27327036 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01630h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Addition of TMEDA to lithium allyl-1-naphthylamide in a 1 : 1 ratio afforded the novel amido lithium/lithiate complex, [Li(TMEDA)2][Li{N(1-naph)(CH2CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2)}2]. (7)Li NMR and computational calculations indicate this model to be representative of the solution state, with (1)H and (13)C NMR showing a 1,3-sigmatropic rearrangement. [Li{N(1-naph)(CH2CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2)}·Et2O]2, and [Li{N(1-naph) (CH2CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2)}·PMDETA] , are presented for comparison.
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- Jamie A Greer
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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Guang J, Liu QP, Hopson R, Williard PG. Lithium pinacolone enolate solvated by hexamethylphosphoramide. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:7347-56. [PMID: 25933508 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the crystal structure of a substoichiometric, HMPA-trisolvated lithium pinacolone enolate tetramer (LiOPin)4·HMPA3 abbreviated as T3. In this tetramer one HMPA binds to lithium more strongly than the other two causing a reduction in spatial symmetry with corresponding loss of C3 symmetry. A variety of NMR experiments, including HMPA titration, diffusion coefficient-formula weight (D-FW) analysis, and other multinuclear one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques reveal that T3 is the major species in hydrocarbon solution when more than 0.6 equiv of HMPA is present. Due to a small amount of moisture from HMPA or air leaking into the solution, a minor complex was identified and confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis as a mixed aggregate containing enolate, lithium hydroxide, and HMPA in a 4:2:4 ratio, [(LiOPin)4·(LiOH)2·HMPA4], that we refer to as pseudo-T4. A tetra-HMPA-solvated lithium cyclopentanone enolate tetramer was also prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction, leading to the conclusion that steric effects dominate the formation and solvation of the pinacolone aggregates. An unusual mixed aggregate consisting of pinacolone enolate, lithium diisopropyl amide, lithium oxide, and HMPA in the ratio 5:1:1:2 is also described.
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- Jie Guang
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Su C, Guang J, Williard PG. Structures of Lithium N-Monosubstituted Anilides: Trisolvated Monomer to Tetrasolvated Dimer. J Org Chem 2014; 79:1032-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jo402498z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Chicheung Su
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Hevia E, Kennedy AR, Mulvey RE, Ramsay DL, Robertson SD. Concealed Cyclotrimeric Polymorph of Lithium 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidide Unconcealed: X-Ray Crystallographic and NMR Spectroscopic Studies. Chemistry 2013; 19:14069-75. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Harrison-Marchand A, Mongin F. Mixed AggregAte (MAA): A Single Concept for All Dipolar Organometallic Aggregates. 1. Structural Data. Chem Rev 2013; 113:7470-562. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300295w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anne Harrison-Marchand
- Laboratoire COBRA de l′Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, CNRS, UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, Rue Tesnière, 76821 Mont St Aignan Cédex, France
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- Équipe Chimie et Photonique Moléculaires, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Bâtiment 10A, case 1003, Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cédex, France
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Mongin F, Harrison-Marchand A. Mixed AggregAte (MAA): A Single Concept for All Dipolar Organometallic Aggregates. 2. Syntheses and Reactivities of Homo/HeteroMAAs. Chem Rev 2013; 113:7563-727. [DOI: 10.1021/cr3002966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Florence Mongin
- Equipe Chimie et Photonique Moléculaires, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Bât. 10A, Case 1003, Campus de Beaulieu, Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cédex, France
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- Laboratoire COBRA de l′Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, CNRS, UMR 6014 & FR 3038, IRCOF, Rue Tesnière, 76821 Mont St Aignan Cédex, France
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Reich HJ. Role of Organolithium Aggregates and Mixed Aggregates in Organolithium Mechanisms. Chem Rev 2013; 113:7130-78. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400187u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Hans J. Reich
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Tomasevich LL, Collum DB. Structure determination using the method of continuous variation: lithium phenolates solvated by protic and dipolar aprotic ligands. J Org Chem 2013; 78:7498-507. [PMID: 23806055 PMCID: PMC3759316 DOI: 10.1021/jo401080n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The method of continuous variation (MCV) was used in conjunction with (6)Li NMR spectroscopy to characterize four lithium phenolates solvated by a range of solvents, including N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine, Et2O, pyridine, protic amines, alcohols, and highly dipolar aprotic solvents. Dimers, trimers, and tetramers were observed, depending on the precise lithium phenolate-solvent combinations. Competition experiments (solvent swaps) provide insights into the relative propensities toward mixed solvation.
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- Laura L. Tomasevich
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301
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Armstrong DR, Kennedy AR, Mulvey RE, Robertson SD. A hetero-alkali-metal version of the utility amide LDA: lithium-potassium diisopropylamide. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:3704-11. [PMID: 23299468 DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32204h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Designed to extend the synthetically important alkali-metal diisopropylamide [N(i)Pr(2); DA] class of compounds, the first example of a hetero-alkali-metallic complex of DA has been prepared as a partial TMEDA solvate. Revealed by an X-ray crystallographic study, its structure exists as a discrete lithium-rich trinuclear Li(2)KN(3) heterocycle, with TMEDA only solvating the largest of the alkali-metals, with the two-coordinate lithium atoms being close to linearity [161.9(2)°]. A variety of NMR spectroscopic studies, including variable temperature and DOSY NMR experiments, suggests that this new form of LDA maintains its integrity in non-polar hydrocarbon solution. This complex thus represents a rare example of a KDA molecule which is soluble in non-polar medium without the need for excessive amounts of solubilizing Lewis donor being added.
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- David R Armstrong
- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, UK
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Affiliation(s)
- Hans J. Reich
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Streitwieser A, Facchetti A, Xie L, Zhang X, Wu EC. Ion Pair pKs of Some Amines: Extension of the Computed Lithium pK Scale. J Org Chem 2012; 77:985-90. [DOI: 10.1021/jo202253q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Andrew Streitwieser
- Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460,
United States
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Armstrong DR, Kennedy AR, Mulvey RE, Robertson SD. Developing a hetero-alkali-metal chemistry of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (TMP): stoichiometric and structural diversity within a series of lithium/sodium, lithium/potassium and sodium/potassium TMP compounds. Chemistry 2011; 17:8820-31. [PMID: 21766365 PMCID: PMC3761191 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Studied extensively in solution and in the solid state, Li(TMP) (TMP=2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) is an important utility reagent popular as a strongly basic, weakly nucleophilic tool for C-H metallation. Recently, there has been a surge in interest in mixed metal derivatives containing the bulky TMP anion. Herein, we start to develop hetero (alkali metal) TMP chemistry by reporting the N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA)-hemisolvated sodium-lithium cycloheterodimer [(tmeda)Na(μ-tmp)(2) Li], and its TMEDA-free variant [{Na(μ-tmp)Li(μ-tmp)}(∞)], which provides a rare example of a crystallographically authenticated polymeric alkali metal amide. Experimental observations suggest that the former is a kinetic intermediate en route to the latter thermodynamic product. Furthermore, a third modification, the mixed potassium-lithium-rich cycloheterotrimer [(tmeda)K(μ-tmp)Li(μ-tmp)Li(μ-tmp)], has also been synthesised and crystallographically characterised. On moving to the bulkier tridentate donor N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylenediamine (PMDETA), the additional ligation forces the sodium-lithium and potassium-dilithium ring species to open giving the acyclic arc-shaped complexes [(pmdeta)Na(μ-tmp)Li(tmp)] and [(pmdeta)K(μ-tmp)Li(μ-tmp)Li(tmp)], respectively. Completing the series, the potassium-lithium and potassium-sodium derivatives [(pmdeta)K(μ-tmp)(2) M] (M=Li, Na) have also been isolated as closed structures with a distinctly asymmetric central MN(2) K ring. Collectively, these seven new bimetallic compounds display five distinct structural motifs, four of which have never hitherto been witnessed in TMP chemistry and three of which are unprecedented in the vast structural library of alkali metal amide chemistry.
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- David R Armstrong
- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of StrathclydeGlasgow, G1 1XL (UK), Fax: (+44) 141-548-4787 E-mail:
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of StrathclydeGlasgow, G1 1XL (UK), Fax: (+44) 141-548-4787 E-mail:
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of StrathclydeGlasgow, G1 1XL (UK), Fax: (+44) 141-548-4787 E-mail:
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of StrathclydeGlasgow, G1 1XL (UK), Fax: (+44) 141-548-4787 E-mail:
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Armstrong DR, García-Álvarez P, Kennedy AR, Mulvey RE, Robertson SD. Molecular Structures of THF-Solvated Alkali-Metal 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidides Finally Revealed: X-ray Crystallographic, DFT, and NMR (including DOSY) Spectroscopic Studies. Chemistry 2011; 17:6725-30. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Herbert SA, Arnott GE. Synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes: stereocontrol through ligand choice. Org Lett 2011; 12:4600-3. [PMID: 20845934 DOI: 10.1021/ol101909f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Employing a chiral oxazoline as an ortholithiation directing group allows the synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes suitable for elaboration into planar chiral molecules. An important finding has been that the diastereoselectivity of the reaction can be tuned by the choice of additive. These results have bearing on the elucidation of the general mechanism of oxazoline-directed ortholithiation.
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- Simon A Herbert
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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Ma Y, Breslin S, Keresztes I, Lobkovsky E, Collum DB. Synthesis of a 7-azaindole by chichibabin cyclization: reversible base-mediated dimerization of 3-picolines. J Org Chem 2009; 73:9610-8. [PMID: 18707175 DOI: 10.1021/jo801410s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The lithium diisopropylamide (LDA)-mediated condensation of 2-fluoro-3-picoline and benzonitrile to form 2-phenyl-7-azaindole via a Chichibabin cyclization is described. Facile dimerization of the picoline via a 1,4-addition of the incipient benzyllithium to the picoline starting material and fast 1,2-addition of LDA to benzonitrile cause the reaction to be complex. Both adducts are shown to reenter the reaction coordinate to produce the desired 7-azaindole. The solution structures of the key intermediates and the underlying reaction mechanisms are studied by a combination of IR and NMR spectroscopies.
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- Yun Ma
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Pratt LM, Fujiwara SI, Kambe N. Structure, bonding, and aggregation of selenium-containing organolithium species. Tetrahedron 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.11.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Reich HJ, Sikorski WH, Sanders AW, Jones AC, Plessel KN. Multinuclear NMR Study of the Solution Structure and Reactivity of Tris(trimethylsilyl)methyllithium and its Iodine Ate Complex. J Org Chem 2008; 74:719-29. [DOI: 10.1021/jo802032d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hans J. Reich
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Riggs JC, Singh KJ, Yun M, Collum DB. Anionic Snieckus-Fries rearrangement: solvent effects and role of mixed aggregates. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:13709-17. [PMID: 18798619 PMCID: PMC2626637 DOI: 10.1021/ja804087r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lithiated aryl carbamates (ArLi) bearing methoxy or fluoro substituents in the meta position are generated from lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in THF, n-BuOMe, Me2NEt, dimethoxyethane (DME), N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), N,N,N',N'-tetramethylcyclohexanediamine (TMCDA), and hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA). The aryllithiums are shown with (6)Li, (13)C, and (15)N NMR spectroscopies to be monomers, ArLi-LDA mixed dimers, and ArLi-LDA mixed trimers, depending on the choice of solvent. Subsequent Snieckus-Fries rearrangements afford ArOLi-LDA mixed dimers and trimers of the resulting phenolates. Rate studies of the rearrangement implicate mechanisms based on monomers, mixed dimers, and mixed trimers.
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- Jason C Riggs
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Armstrong D, Graham D, Kennedy A, Mulvey R, O'Hara C. A Structural and Computational Study of Synthetically Important Alkali-Metal/Tetramethylpiperidide (TMP) Amine Solvates. Chemistry 2008; 14:8025-34. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ma Y, Collum DB. Lithium diisopropylamide-mediated reactions of imines, unsaturated esters, epoxides, and aryl carbamates: influence of hexamethylphosphoramide and ethereal cosolvents on reaction mechanisms. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:14818-25. [PMID: 17985891 DOI: 10.1021/ja074554e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Several reactions mediated by lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) with added hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) are described. The N-isopropylimine of cyclohexanone lithiates via an ensemble of monomer-based pathways. Conjugate addition of LDA/HMPA to an unsaturated ester proceeds via di- and tetra-HMPA-solvated dimers. Deprotonation of norbornene epoxide by LDA/HMPA proceeds via an intermediate metalated epoxide as a mixed dimer with LDA. Ortholithiation of an aryl carbamate proceeds via a mono-HMPA-solvated monomer-based pathway. Dependencies on THF and other ethereal cosolvents suggest that secondary-shell solvation effects are important in some instances. The origins of the inordinate mechanistic complexity are discussed.
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- Yun Ma
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Uchiyama M, Matsumoto Y, Nobuto D, Furuyama T, Yamaguchi K, Morokuma K. Structure and reaction pathway of TMP-Zincate: amido base or alkyl base? J Am Chem Soc 2007; 128:8748-50. [PMID: 16819866 DOI: 10.1021/ja060489h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The novel directed ortho metalation (DoM) reagents for functionalized aromatic rings, TMP-Zn-ates (R2Zn(TMP)Li (R = Me, 1; tBu, 2)), have been reported to be synthetically useful for the chemo- and regioselective construction of multi-functionalized aromatic compounds. Here, we present the first comprehensive structural and mechanistic investigation by means of X-ray, NMR, and DFT studies on the DoM reaction employing our original TMP-Zn-ate base. The structures of TMP-Zn-ates in solution and in the solid state were determined. The DFT study strongly suggested that the deprotonation involving the TMP ligand on the TMP-Zn-ate is kinetically more favorable than that involving the alkyl ligand, and this view was supported by monitoring of the 13C NMR spectrum of the reaction mixture.
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- Masanobu Uchiyama
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Collum DB, McNeil AJ, Ramirez A. Lithium diisopropylamide: solution kinetics and implications for organic synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 46:3002-17. [PMID: 17387670 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) is a prominent reagent used in organic synthesis. In this Review, rate studies of LDA-mediated reactions are placed in the broader context of organic synthesis in three distinct segments. The first section provides a tutorial on solution kinetics, emphasizing the characteristic rate behavior caused by dominant solvation and aggregation effects. The second section summarizes substrate- and solvent-dependent mechanisms that reveal basic principles of solvation and aggregation. The final section suggests how an understanding of mechanism might be combined with empirical methods to optimize yields, rates, and selectivities of organolithium reactions and applied to organic synthesis.
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- David B Collum
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA.
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Collum D, McNeil A, Ramirez A. Lithiumdiisopropylamid: Reaktionskinetik in Lösung und Folgerungen für die organische Synthese. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200603038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pratt LM, Truhlar DG, Cramer CJ, Kass SR, Thompson JD, Xidos JD. Aggregation of Alkyllithiums in Tetrahydrofuran. J Org Chem 2007; 72:2962-6. [PMID: 17358078 DOI: 10.1021/jo062557o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Density functional theory was used to examine the solvation number and aggregation state of several alkyllithium compounds in clusters with tetrahydrofuran molecules coordinated to each lithium atom. We then made the microsolvation approximation and approximated the bulk free energy of solvation by the free energy of clustering with solvent molecules in the gas phase. The trends in the computed results are in reasonable agreement with the available experimental data.
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- Lawrence M Pratt
- Department of Chemistry, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
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Naka H, Uchiyama M, Matsumoto Y, Wheatley AEH, McPartlin M, Morey JV, Kondo Y. An Aluminum Ate Base: Its Design, Structure, Function, and Reaction Mechanism. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:1921-30. [PMID: 17263527 DOI: 10.1021/ja064601n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An aluminum ate base, i-Bu(3)Al(TMP)Li, has been designed and developed for regio- and chemoselective direct generation of functionalized aromatic aluminum compounds. Direct alumination followed by electrophilic trapping with I(2), Cu/Pd-catalyzed C-C bond formation, or direct oxidation with molecular O(2) proved to be a powerful tool for the preparation of 1,2- or 1,2,3-multisubstituted aromatic compounds. This deprotonative alumination using i-Bu3Al(TMP)Li was found to be effective in aliphatic chemistry as well, enabling regio- and chemoselective addition of functionalized allylic ethers and carbamates to aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. A combined multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and theoretical study showed that the aluminum ate base is a Li/Al bimetallic complex bridged by the nitrogen atom of TMP and the alpha-carbon of an i-Bu ligand and that the Li exclusively serves as a recognition point for electronegative functional groups or coordinative solvents. The mechanism of directed ortho alumination reaction of functionalized aromatic compounds has been studied by NMR and in situ FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, and DFT calculation. It has been found that the reaction proceeds with facile formation of an initial adduct of the base and aromatic, followed by deprotonative formation of the functionalized aromatic aluminum compound. Deprotonation by the TMP ligand rather than the isobutyl ligand was suggested and reasoned by means of spectroscopic and theoretical study. The remarkable regioselectivity of the ortho alumination reaction was explained by a coordinative approximation effect between the functional groups and the counter Li(+) ion, enabling stable initial complex formation and creation of a less strained transition state structure.
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- Hiroshi Naka
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Ma Y, Ramirez A, Singh KJ, Keresztes I, Collum DB. Lithium Diisopropylamide Solvated by Hexamethylphosphoramide: Substrate-Dependent Mechanisms for Dehydrobrominations. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:15399-404. [PMID: 17132006 DOI: 10.1021/ja060964b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lithium diisopropylamide-mediated dehydrobrominations of exo-2-bromonorbornane, 1-bromocyclooctene, and cis-4-bromo-tert-butylcyclohexane were studied in THF solutions and THF solutions with added hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA). Rate studies reveal a diverse array of mechanisms based on mono-, di-, and trisolvated monomers as well as triple ions. The results are contrasted with analogous eliminations in THF in the absence of HMPA.
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- Yun Ma
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Ramirez A, Sun X, Collum DB. Lithium Diisopropylamide-Mediated Enolization: Catalysis by Hemilabile Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:10326-36. [PMID: 16881665 DOI: 10.1021/ja062147h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Structural, kinetic, and computational studies reveal the mechanistic complexities of a lithium diisopropylamide (LDA)-mediated ester enolization. Hemilabile amino ether MeOCH2CH2NMe2, binding as an eta1 (ether-bound) ligand in the reactant and as an eta2 (chelating) ligand in the transition structure, accelerates the enolization 10,000-fold compared with n-BuOMe. At the onset of the reaction, a dimer-based enolization prevails. As the reaction proceeds, significantly less reactive LDA-enolate mixed dimers appear and divert the reaction through monomer- and mixed dimer-based pathways. The mechanistic and computational investigations lead to a proof-of-principle ligand-catalyzed enolization in which an ancillary ligand allows the catalytic ligand to re-enter the catalytic cycle.
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- Antonio Ramirez
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Fernández I, Martínez-Viviente E, Breher F, Pregosin PS. 7Li, 31P, and 1H pulsed gradient spin-echo (PGSE) diffusion NMR spectroscopy and ion pairing: on the temperature dependence of the ion pairing in Li(CPh3), fluorenyllithium, and Li[N(SiMe3)2] amongst other salts. Chemistry 2006; 11:1495-506. [PMID: 15657962 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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7Li, 31P, and 1H variable-temperature pulsed gradient spin-echo (PGSE) diffusion methods have been used to study ion pairing and aggregation states for a range of lithium salts such as lithium halides, lithium carbanions, and a lithium amide in THF solutions. For trityllithium (2) and fluorenyllithium (9), it is shown that ion pairing is favored at 299 K but the ions are well separated at 155 K. For 2-lithio-1,3-dithiane (13) and lithium hexamethyldisilazane (LiHMDS 16), low-temperature data show that the ions remain together. For the dithio anion 13, a mononuclear species has been established, whereas for the lithium amide 16, the PGSE results allow two different aggregation states to be readily recognized. For the lithium halides LiX (X = Br, Cl, I) in THF, the 7Li PGSE data show that all three salts can be described as well-separated ions at ambient temperature. The solid state structure of trityllithium (2) is described and reveals a solvent-separated ion pair formed by a [Li(thf)4]+ ion and a bare triphenylmethide anion.
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- Ignacio Fernández
- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, ETHZ HCI Hönggerberg 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Jantzi KL, Puckett CL, Guzei IA, Reich HJ. Solution Structure and Chelation Properties of 2-Thienyllithium Reagents. J Org Chem 2005; 70:7520-9. [PMID: 16149779 DOI: 10.1021/jo050592+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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[reaction: see text] The solution and chelation properties of 2-thienyllithium reagents with potential amine and ether chelating groups in the 3-position and related model systems have been investigated using low temperature 6Li, 7Li, 13C, and 31P NMR spectroscopy, 15N-labeling, and the effect of solvent additives. In THF-ether mixtures at low temperature 3-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)-2-thienyllithium (4) is ca. 99% dimer (which is chelated) and 1% monomer (unchelated), whereas 3-(methoxymethyl)-2-thienyllithium (5) is <10% dimer. Compound 5 crystallizes as a THF-solvated dimer, but there is no indication that the ether side chain is chelated in solution. Both 4 and 5 form PMDTA-complexed monomers almost stoichiometrically, similar to the model compound 2, in sharp contrast to phenyl analogues, which show very different behavior. The barriers to dimer interconversion are ca. 2 kcal/mol lower and chelation is significantly weaker in the 2-thienyllithium reagents than in their phenyl analogues.
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- Kevin L Jantzi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Garnier E, Audoux J, Pasquinet E, Suzenet F, Poullain D, Lebret B, Guillaumet G. Easy Access to 3- or 5-Heteroarylamino-1,2,4-triazines by SNAr, SNH, and Palladium-Catalyzed N-Heteroarylations. J Org Chem 2004; 69:7809-15. [PMID: 15527255 DOI: 10.1021/jo0490898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this paper, N-arylations between two heteroaryl compounds were studied. Conditions were found to generate selectively either 3- or 5-heteroarylamino-1,2,4-triazines by investigating anionic processes (use of bases such as 2,2',6,6'-tetramethylpiperidine/tBuOK/nBuLi) or Pd-catalyzed N-arylations [Pd(OAc)(2), xantphos]. These methods were successfully applied to a wide variety of heteroarylamines and allowed us to pursue our work on fused polynitrogen compounds synthesis.
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- Ethel Garnier
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (I.C.O.A.), UMR-CNRS 6005, LRC CEA M09, Université d'Orléans, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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Computational methods were used to determine the structure of dilithiodiamines and the effects of solvation by ethereal solvents. Solvation was examined by the use of microsolvation with explicit dimethyl ether or THF ligands and by the combined use of microsolvation and the IEFPCM continuum solvent model. It was determined that each of the compounds studied exists exclusively as a bridged intramolecular dimer, both in the gas phase and in solution. Thermodynamic properties were calculated at 200 and 298 K to estimate the effect of temperature on the cyclization energies. Infrared spectroscopy was used to confirm the proposed intramolecular dimer structures.
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- Lawrence M Pratt
- Department of Chemistry, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee 37209, USA.
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7Li- and 31P NMR spectra of cyclopentanone lithium enolate in ethereal solvents: identification of the HMPA-coordinated aggregate structures. Tetrahedron 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2003.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fernández I, López Ortiz F. 7Li,31P Shift correlation. Application to the structural assignment of benzyllithium complexes of N-methyl-N-benzylphosphinamide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2004:1142-3. [PMID: 15116225 DOI: 10.1039/b400994k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A correlation experiment between (7)Li and (31)P nuclei through scalar coupling is described for the first time. The utility of the method is demonstrated by identifying the species formed in the benzylic lithiation of N-benzyl-N-methyldiphenylphosphinamide in Et(2)O solution.
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- Ignacio Fernández
- Area de Química Organica, Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento, 04120 Almeria, Spain
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Wiedemann SH, Ramírez A, Collum DB. Lithium 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidide-Mediated α- and β-Lithiations of Epoxides: Solvent-Dependent Mechanisms. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:15893-901. [PMID: 14677981 DOI: 10.1021/ja0304087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (LiTMP)-mediated alpha- and beta-lithiations of epoxides are described. LiTMP displays a markedly higher reactivity than does lithium diisopropylamide, consistent with literature reports. Detailed rate studies of LiTMP/THF and LiTMP/Me(2)NEt mixtures reveal similar rates but significant mechanistic differences. LiTMP-mediated alpha-lithiation of cis-cyclooctene oxide with subsequent oxacarbenoid formation and transannular C-H insertion proceeds via monosolvated dimers in both THF and Me(2)NEt. LiTMP-mediated beta-lithiation of 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene oxide affords the corresponding allylic alcohol via a monosolvated monomer in THF and a monosolvated dimer in Me(2)NEt. We discuss how the solvent-dependent aggregation of LiTMP markedly influences the rate profile. The reaction transition structures are examined with density functional computations.
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- Sean H Wiedemann
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Zhao P, Collum DB. Ketone Enolization by Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide: Structural and Rate Studies of the Accelerating Effects of Trialkylamines. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:14411-24. [PMID: 14624589 DOI: 10.1021/ja030168v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mechanistic studies of the enolization of 2-methylcyclohexanone mediated by lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS; TMS2NLi) in toluene and toluene/amine mixtures are described. NMR spectroscopic studies of LiHMDS/ketone mixtures in toluene reveal the ketone-complexed cyclic dimer (TMS2NLi)2(ketone). Rate studies using in situ IR spectroscopy show the enolization proceeds via a dimer-based transition structure, [(TMS2NLi)2(ketone)]++. NMR spectroscopic studies of LiHMDS/ketone mixtures in the presence of relatively unhindered trialkylamines such as Me2NEt reveal the quantitative formation of cyclic dimers of general structure (TMS2NLi)2(R3N)(ketone). Rate studies trace a >200-fold rate acceleration to a dimer-based transition structure, [(TMS2NLi)2(R3N)(ketone)]++. Amines of intermediate steric demand, such as Et3N, are characterized by recalcitrant solvation, saturation kinetics, and exceptional (>3000-fold) accelerations traced to the aforementioned dimer-based pathway. Amines of high steric demand, such as i-Pr2NEt, do not observably solvate (TMS2NLi)2(ketone) but mediate enolization via [(TMS2NLi)2(R3N)(ketone)]++ with muted accelerations. The most highly hindered amines, such as i-Bu3N, do not influence the LiHMDS structure or the enolization rate. Overall, surprisingly complex dependencies of the enolization rates on the structures and concentrations of the amines derive from unexpectedly simple steric effects. The consequences of aggregation, mixed aggregation, and substrate-base precomplexation are discussed.
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- Pinjing Zhao
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA
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Wang DZ, Streitwieser A. Aggregation and Reactivity of the Cesium Enolate of 6-Phenyl-α-tetralone: Comparison with the Lithium Enolate1. J Org Chem 2003; 68:8936-42. [PMID: 14604365 DOI: 10.1021/jo034543d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cesium enolate of 6-phenyl-alpha-tetralone (CsPAT) has a lambda(max) in THF at about 387 nm, but the variation with concentration is too small for application of singular value decomposition. Proton-transfer studies with several indicators show that CsPAT forms monomer-tetramer mixtures with a tetramerization equilibrium constant, K(1,4) = 2.3 x 10(11) M(-3). The pK of the monomer is 23.39 on a scale where fluorene is assigned 22.9 (per hydrogen). For comparison, the lithium enolate, LiPAT, is also a monomer-tetramer with K(1,4) = 4.7 x 10(10) M(-3) and a monomer pK = 14.22. HMPA in large amounts promotes dissociation to monomer with both enolates. Ion-pair S(N)2 initial rates were measured for CsPAT with several alkyl halides and with methyl tosylate and compared with other rates with LiPAT. In all cases, the enolate monomers are much more reactive than the aggregates. Reaction of CsPAT with alkyl halides is generally C-alkylation but HMPA promotes increasing amounts of O-alkylation. A new indicator, 11-methyl-11H-benzo[b]fluorene, has a pK on the cesium scale of 23.39.
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- Daniel Zerong Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA
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Pratt LM, Mogali S, Glinton K. Solvent effects on the aggregation state of lithium dialkylaminoborohydrides. J Org Chem 2003; 68:6484-8. [PMID: 12919007 DOI: 10.1021/jo034498+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DFT calculations were performed to determine the effects of ethereal solvents on the aggregation state of lithium dialkylaminoborohydrides (LABs). The calculations included dimerization energies in the gas phase, with continuum solvation only, microsolvation with coordinating ethereal ligands, and a combination of the microsolvation and continuum models. The continuum model alone overestimates the stability of the dimers, apparently due to the lack of steric effects from the coordinating ethereal ligands. The use of the combined microsolvation and continuum solvation models predicts lithium dimethylaminoborohydride to be a mixture of monomer and dimer in THF, and more sterically hindered lithium aminoborohydrides to exist primarily as monomers. The kinetics of amination of 1-chlorodecane by lithium dimethylaminoborohydride showed no detectable change in reaction rate with time, suggesting that the LAB reagent may exist primarily as a monomer in THF.
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- Lawrence M Pratt
- Department of Chemistry, Fisk University, 1000 17th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
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Corset J, Castellà-Ventura M, Froment F, Strzalko T, Wartski L. Study of the lithiated phenylacetonitrile monoanions and dianions formed according to the lithiated base used (LHMDS, LDA, or n-BuLi). 1. Evidence of heterodimer ("Quadac") or dianion formation by vibrational spectroscopy. J Org Chem 2003; 68:3902-11. [PMID: 12737570 DOI: 10.1021/jo020492t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is evidenced through vibrational spectroscopy that a heterodimer or "Quadac" is formed when an excess of base (LHMDS, LDA, or n-BuLi) is added to PhCH(2)CN in THF, THF-hexane, or THF-toluene solution. The amount of heterodimer increases with the pK(H)(a) of the lithiated base. A dianionic species may be formed through decomposition of this heterodimer if the pK(H)(a) of the base is sufficiently high, as in the case of n-BuLi. With LDA, only a very small amount of dianion is observed, and with LHMDS, no dianion is detected. The predominant dianionic species observed are the linear and bridged separated ion pairs of the dilithiated dianion. The presence of the amine in the medium is of paramount importance. The PhCHCNLi monomer-dimer equilibrium is entropy driven toward the dimer solvated by the amine.
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- Jacques Corset
- LADIR - CNRS (UMR 7075), 2 Rue Henri Dunant, BP 28, 94320 Thiais, France
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Reich HJ, Goldenberg WS, Sanders AW, Jantzi KL, Tzschucke CC. Amine- and ether-chelated aryllithium reagents-structure and dynamics. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:3509-21. [PMID: 12643713 DOI: 10.1021/ja028301r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chelation and aggregation in phenyllithium reagents with potential 6- and 7-ring chelating amine (2, 3) and 5-, 6-, and 7-ring chelating ether (4, 5, 6) ortho substituents have been examined utilizing variable temperature (6)Li and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, (6)Li and (15)N isotope labeling, and the effects of solvent additives. The 5- and 6-ring ether chelates (4, 5) compete well with THF, but the 6-ring amine chelate (2) barely does, and 7-ring amine chelate (3) does not. Compared to model compounds (e.g., 2-ethylphenyllithium 7), which are largely monomeric in THF, the chelated compounds all show enhanced dimerization (as measured by K = [D]/[M](2)) by factors ranging from 40 (for 6) to more than 200 000 (for 4 and 5). Chelation isomers are seen for the dimers of 5 and 6, but a chelate structure could be assigned only for 2-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)phenyllithium (2), which has an A-type structure (both amino groups chelated to the same lithium in the dimer) based on NMR coupling in the (15)N, (6)Li labeled compound. Unlike the dimer, the monomer of 2 is not detectably chelated. With the exception of 2-(methoxymethyl)phenyllithium (4), which forms an open dimer (12) and a pentacoordinate monomer (13), the lithium reagents all form monomeric nonchelated adducts with PMDTA.
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- Hans J Reich
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Sikorski WH, Reich HJ. The regioselectivity of addition of organolithium reagents to enones and enals: the role of HMPA. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:6527-35. [PMID: 11439039 DOI: 10.1021/ja010053w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The role of polar solvents (particularly HMPA) in controlling the ratio of 1,2 to 1,4 addition of sulfur-substituted organolithium reagents to cyclohexenones and hexenal was studied. Low-temperature, multinuclear NMR studies provided quantitative information about the ratio of contact (CIP) and solvent-separated (SIP) ion pairs in solutions of dithianyllithiums and phenylthiobenzyllithiums in THF-HMPA solutions. The ratio of contact and separated ion pairs was manipulated by changes in the strength of solvation (generally through the addition of HMPA). Although the results are consistent with the CIP/SIP distribution being an important factor in determining the regioselectivity of these additions (Curtin-Hammett limitations prevent a direct correlation), it cannot be the only one. Changes in diastereomeric product ratios upon addition of HMPA suggest that complexation of HMPA to lithium has two effects. First, it causes ion pair separation, which enhances 1,4 addition. Second, it lowers the Lewis acidity and catalytic effectiveness of the lithium cation, which also favors 1,4 addition. For most sulfur-stabilized lithium reagents, 2 equiv of HMPA suffice to achieve >95% 1,4 addition, whereas 4 equiv of DMPU are required to achieve identical regiochemical and stereochemical results.
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- W H Sikorski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Rutherford JL, Collum DB. Lithium diisopropylamide: oligomer structures at low ligand concentrations. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:199-202. [PMID: 11456504 DOI: 10.1021/ja003104i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One- and two-dimensional (6)Li and (15)N NMR spectroscopic studies of lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) solvated by substoichiometric concentrations of oxetane, THF, Et(2)O, and diisopropylamine are described. Partially solvated dimers and trimers are identified. Possible benefits of carrying out organolithium chemistry at low ligand concentrations are discussed.
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- J L Rutherford
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Reich HJ, Goldenberg WS, Sanders AW, Tzschucke CC. Chelated aryllithium reagents: ring size and chelating group effects. Org Lett 2001; 3:33-6. [PMID: 11429864 DOI: 10.1021/ol0067080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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[figure: see text] Chelation and aggregation in phenyllithium reagents with potential 5-, 6-, and 7-ring chelating ether and amine ortho substituents have been examined utilizing variable-temperature 6Li and 13C NMR spectroscopy, 6Li and 15N isotope labeling, and the effects of solvent additives. Both ether and amine form strong 5-ring chelates; 6-ring ether chelates compete well with THF, but 6-ring amine chelates barely do, and 7-ring amine chelates do not. o-Methoxymethylphenyllithium (4) forms an open dimer (9) and a pentacoordinate monomer with PMDTA (10).
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- H J Reich
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Fredrik Hæffner,*, Sun C, Williard PG. Mechanistic Variations Due to the Solvation State in the Reaction of MeLi in Dimer and Trimer Aggregates with Formaldehyde. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja002380u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fredrik Hæffner,*
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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HMPA promotes retro-aldol reaction, resulting in syn-selective addition of lithiated 1-naphthylacetonitrile to aromatic aldehydes. Org Lett 2000; 2:2443-5. [PMID: 10956517 DOI: 10.1021/ol006099w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
In HMPA-THF solution, lithiated 1-naphthylacetonitrile undergoes highly syn-selective addition to aromatic aldehydes, providing the first access to such syn-aldols. Syn-selectivity is also observed with two other arylacetonitriles. Aldolate equilibration and crossover experiments demonstrate that HMPA promotes retro-aldol reaction and that aldol diastereoselectivity under these conditions is thermodynamically controlled.
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Yakimansky AV, Müller AHE, Van Beylen M. Density Functional Theory Study on the Aggregation and Dissociation Behavior of Lithium Chloride in THF and Its Interaction with the Active Centers of the Anionic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene. Macromolecules 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ma9921549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alexander V. Yakimansky
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Welderweg 15, D-55099 Mainz, Germany; and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Physical Organic Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Welderweg 15, D-55099 Mainz, Germany; and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Physical Organic Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Welderweg 15, D-55099 Mainz, Germany; and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Physical Organic Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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