85316-25-2Relevant articles and documents
Carbanion Rearrangements by Intramolecular 1,ω Proton Shifts, IV. The Reaction of ω,ω-Diphenylalkyllithium Compounds: Proof for an Intramolecular Transmetallation Reaction by Crossover Experiments Using Isotopic Labelled Starting Material
Maercker, Adalbert,Passlack, Michael
, p. 710 - 723 (2007/10/02)
3,3-Diphenylpropyllithium (2) and 2-(9-fluorenyl)ethyllithium (43) do not show a 1,3 proton shift but splitt off ethylene.On the other hand 4,4-diphenylbutyllithium (19) in diethyl ether can be forced to rearrange to 1,1-diphenylbutyllithium (18) by the addition of THF.The half reaction time for this 1,4 proton shift was found to be about 4 minutes.Proof for the intramolecular character of this transmetallation reaction was obtained by crossover experiments with specifically deuterated starting material.The 1,5 proton shift with 5,5-diphenylpentyllithium (12) occurs considerably slower than the 1,4 shift with 4,4-diphenylbutyllithium (19).The rearrangement also takes place in pure diethyl ether although with a half reaction time of about 2 days.Only 3-(9-fluorenyl)propyllithium (41) in diethyl ether spontaneously shows rearrangement already at -30 deg C, whereby 9-propyl-9-fluorenyllithium (42) is formed by a 1,4 proton shift.A 1,ω phenyl migration according to Grovenstein-Zimmerman in no case could be observed.
