- Aryllithiums with increasing steric crowding and lipophilicity prepared from chlorides in diethyl ether. The first directly prepared room-temperature-stable dilithioarenes.
Aryllithiums with increasing steric crowding and lipophilicity prepared from chlorides in diethyl ether. The first directly prepared room-temperature-stable dilithioarenes.
Organic letters (2012-11-02)
Constantinos G Screttas, Barry R Steele, Maria Micha-Screttas, Georgios A Heropoulos
PMID23113794
ABSTRACT
A convenient procedure has been developed for the preparation of synthetically useful, room-temperature-stable aryllithiums starting from aryl chlorides and lithium metal. The method provides a route to aryllithiums which have previously not been accessible cleanly or could only be prepared by using more expensive starting materials.
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Diethyl ether, puriss., contains ~5 mg/L 2,6-di-tert.-butyl-4-methylphenol as stabilizer, meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, ≥99.5% (GC)