a Synthèse Organométallique et Réactivité, UMR CNRS 7565, Université Henri Poincaré, Bd des Aiguillettes, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France b FMC Corporation, Lithium Division, Highway 161 Box 795, Bessemer City, NC 28016, USA
Abstract:
A new superbasic reagent has been discovered by combining TMSCH2Li and LiDMAE in hexane. This reagent was found highly efficient for the C-2 lithiation of sensitive chloro- and fluoropyridines. The metallation occurred chemo- and regioselectively at 0 °C avoiding the nucleophilic addition or substrate degradation commonly obtained with other alkyllithiums even at lower temperatures.