Exploring the Reactivity of α-Lithiated Aryl Benzyl Ethers: Inhibition of the [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement and the Mechanistic Proposal Revisited. Velasco, R., Silva López, C., Nieto Faza, O., & Sanz, R. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(42):15058-15068, 2016. doi abstract bibtex By carefully controlling the reaction temperature, treatment of aryl benzyl ethers with tBuLi selectively leads to α-lithiation, generating stable organolithiums that can be directly trapped with a variety of selected electrophiles, before they can undergo the expected [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. This rearrangement has been deeply studied, both experimentally and computationally, with aryl α-lithiated benzyl ethers bearing different substituents at the aryl ring. The obtained results support the competence of a concerted anionic intramolecular addition/elimination sequence and a radical dissociation/recombination sequence for explaining the tendency of migration for aryl groups. The more favored rearrangements are found for substrates with electron-poor aryl groups that favor the anionic pathway. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
@ARTICLE{Velasco201615058,
author={Velasco, R. and Silva López, C. and Nieto Faza, O. and Sanz, R.},
title={Exploring the Reactivity of α-Lithiated Aryl Benzyl Ethers: Inhibition of the [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement and the Mechanistic Proposal Revisited},
journal={Chemistry - A European Journal},
year={2016},
volume={22},
number={42},
pages={15058-15068},
doi={10.1002/chem.201602254},
abstract={By carefully controlling the reaction temperature, treatment of aryl benzyl ethers with tBuLi selectively leads to α-lithiation, generating stable organolithiums that can be directly trapped with a variety of selected electrophiles, before they can undergo the expected [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. This rearrangement has been deeply studied, both experimentally and computationally, with aryl α-lithiated benzyl ethers bearing different substituents at the aryl ring. The obtained results support the competence of a concerted anionic intramolecular addition/elimination sequence and a radical dissociation/recombination sequence for explaining the tendency of migration for aryl groups. The more favored rearrangements are found for substrates with electron-poor aryl groups that favor the anionic pathway. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim},
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"pA6bT2sCYtarmCxXT","bibbaseid":"velasco-silvalpez-nietofaza-sanz-exploringthereactivityoflithiatedarylbenzylethersinhibitionofthe12wittigrearrangementandthemechanisticproposalrevisited-2016","author_short":["Velasco, R.","Silva López, C.","Nieto Faza, O.","Sanz, R."],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Velasco"],"firstnames":["R."],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Silva","López"],"firstnames":["C."],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Nieto","Faza"],"firstnames":["O."],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Sanz"],"firstnames":["R."],"suffixes":[]}],"title":"Exploring the Reactivity of α-Lithiated Aryl Benzyl Ethers: Inhibition of the [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement and the Mechanistic Proposal Revisited","journal":"Chemistry - A European Journal","year":"2016","volume":"22","number":"42","pages":"15058-15068","doi":"10.1002/chem.201602254","abstract":"By carefully controlling the reaction temperature, treatment of aryl benzyl ethers with tBuLi selectively leads to α-lithiation, generating stable organolithiums that can be directly trapped with a variety of selected electrophiles, before they can undergo the expected [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. This rearrangement has been deeply studied, both experimentally and computationally, with aryl α-lithiated benzyl ethers bearing different substituents at the aryl ring. The obtained results support the competence of a concerted anionic intramolecular addition/elimination sequence and a radical dissociation/recombination sequence for explaining the tendency of migration for aryl groups. The more favored rearrangements are found for substrates with electron-poor aryl groups that favor the anionic pathway. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim","bibtex":"@ARTICLE{Velasco201615058,\nauthor={Velasco, R. and Silva López, C. and Nieto Faza, O. and Sanz, R.},\ntitle={Exploring the Reactivity of α-Lithiated Aryl Benzyl Ethers: Inhibition of the [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement and the Mechanistic Proposal Revisited},\njournal={Chemistry - A European Journal},\nyear={2016},\nvolume={22},\nnumber={42},\npages={15058-15068},\ndoi={10.1002/chem.201602254},\nabstract={By carefully controlling the reaction temperature, treatment of aryl benzyl ethers with tBuLi selectively leads to α-lithiation, generating stable organolithiums that can be directly trapped with a variety of selected electrophiles, before they can undergo the expected [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. This rearrangement has been deeply studied, both experimentally and computationally, with aryl α-lithiated benzyl ethers bearing different substituents at the aryl ring. The obtained results support the competence of a concerted anionic intramolecular addition/elimination sequence and a radical dissociation/recombination sequence for explaining the tendency of migration for aryl groups. The more favored rearrangements are found for substrates with electron-poor aryl groups that favor the anionic pathway. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim},\n}\n\n","author_short":["Velasco, R.","Silva López, C.","Nieto Faza, O.","Sanz, R."],"key":"Velasco201615058","id":"Velasco201615058","bibbaseid":"velasco-silvalpez-nietofaza-sanz-exploringthereactivityoflithiatedarylbenzylethersinhibitionofthe12wittigrearrangementandthemechanisticproposalrevisited-2016","role":"author","urls":{},"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}},"downloads":0,"html":""},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"http://csilval.webs.uvigo.es/scopus.bib","dataSources":["ScMRjgBATXPCMSMM8"],"keywords":[],"search_terms":["exploring","reactivity","lithiated","aryl","benzyl","ethers","inhibition","wittig","rearrangement","mechanistic","proposal","revisited","velasco","silva lópez","nieto faza","sanz"],"title":"Exploring the Reactivity of α-Lithiated Aryl Benzyl Ethers: Inhibition of the [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement and the Mechanistic Proposal Revisited","year":2016}