作者: Manfred Schlosser , Paola Maccaroni , Elena Marzi
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)83011-1
关键词: Inductive effect 、 Toluene 、 Alkoxy group 、 Lone pair 、 Medicinal chemistry 、 Lithium diisopropylamide 、 Benzene 、 Photochemistry 、 Deprotonation 、 Chemistry 、 Lithium
摘要: 2-, 3- And 4-Methoxytoluene can be selectively metalated at an O-adjacent ortho position when butylithium or tert-butyllithium in the presence of sodium (potassium) tert-butoxide N,N,N',Nq,Nq-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine are employed as reagents. In contrast, lithium diisopropylamide 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide deprotonate benzylic a-position 2- and 3-methoxytoluene exclusively 4-methoxytoluene preferentially. These relative reactivities rationalized by interplay transition state stabilizing destabilizing forces (dipole matching metal coordination vs. lone pair repulsion). [on SciFinder (R)]