Ring opening of heterocycles by an arene-catalyzed lithiation*
M. Yus
Departamento de Qu�mica Org�nica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de
Alicante, Apdo.99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Abstract: The ring opening of different three-, four-, five-and
six-membered oxygen-, nitrogen- and sulfur-containing saturated heterocycles
using lithium and a catalytic amount of an arene (naphthalene or DTBB)
yields a series of functionalized organolithium compounds, which, by
reaction with different electrophiles, allow the preparation of polyfunctionalized
molecules in only one synthetic operation.
*Lecture presented at the 4th Florida Heterocyclic
Conference, Gainesville, Florida, 10-12 March 2003. Other presentations
are published in this issue, pp. 1403-1475.
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