LHMDS

BOC (f-BOC) ferf-butoxycarbonyl LHMDS lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide... 

In 1997, Lindstrom and Somfai reported aza-[3,3]-Claisen enolate rearrangements of vinylaziridines (Scheme 2.45) [70]. Treatment of l-acyl-2-vinylaziridines 179 with LHMDS resulted in the stereoselective formation of seven-membered lactams 181, presumably through a boat-like transition state 180. 

Scheme 8.39 LHMDS/Sc(OTf)3 procedure for the intramolecular cyclization of epoxy ketones.

In a recent total synthesis of the novel neurotrophic agent merrilactone A (22, Scheme 4) by Inoue and Hirama [24], key intermediate 21 with the cis-bicyclo[3.3.0] octane framework embedded within the caged pentacycle 22 was elaborated from cyclobutane 18 by a sequence of RCM and immediate cleavage of the resulting bicyclic vicinal diol 19 to raeso-diketone 20. Cyclooctenedione 20 then underwent regioselective transannular aldol reaction at low temperature (LHMDS, THF, -100 °C) to produce a 3 1 mixture of isomers in 85% combined yield. The major isomer 21 with the required stereochemistry was then converted into the racemic natural compound ( )-22 in 19 steps. 

A range of amide bases can be employed. Typically LDA is used, but in certain complex cases, LiNEt2 was found to be more effective. One exceptional case involves the ostensibly simple alkylation of a cyanohydrin acetonide with allyl chloride (Eq. 12). Here, use of LDA gave essentially none of the desired product 39, whereas KHMDS or LHMDS gave excellent yields [5]. 

The difference in reactivity between the anions generated from LDA and LHMDS is difficult to rationalize, but nonetheless reproducible. The same effect has been observed with substituted allyl halides and propargyl halides. Instability of the product under the reaction conditions may account for this phenomenon. Thus, for alkylation of allylic and propargylic halides, LHMDS and KHMDS are the bases of choice. 

C-Alkylations of l,4-dihydro-27/-pyrazino[2,l-A]quinazoline-3,6-diones at positions C-l and CM were studied in detail. Compounds of type 57 could be alkylated diastereoselectively at C-l, owing to the geometry of the piperazine ring, which is locked in a flat boat conformation with the R4 or R1 substituent in a pseudoaxial position to avoid steric interaction with the nearly coplanar C(6)-carbonyl group. Alkylation of 57 (R2 = Me, Bn, R4 = Me) in the presence of lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LHMDS) with benzyl and allyl halides resulted, under kinetic control, in the 1,4-trans-diastereomer 59 as the major product, with retention of the stereocenter at CM (Scheme 5). 

GABA HMG-CoA HMPA HT LDA LHMDS LTMP NADH NBH NBS NCS NIS NK NMP PMB PPA RaNi Red-Al RNA SEM SnAt TBAF TBDMS TBS Tf TFA TFP THF TIPS TMEDA TMG TMP TMS Tol-BINAP TTF y-aminobutyric acid hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A hexamethylphosphoric triamide hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) lithium diisopropylamide lithium hexamethyldisilazane lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide l,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin A-bromosuccinimide A-chlorosuccinimide A-iodosuccinimide neurokinin 1 -methyl-2-pyrrolidinone para-methoxybenzyl polyphosphoric acid Raney Nickel sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminum hydride ribonucleic acid 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl nucleophilic substitution on an aromatic ring tetrabutylammonium fluoride tert-butyldimcthyisilyl fert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonyl (triflyl) trifluoroacetic acid tri-o-furylphosphine tetrahydrofuran triisopropylsilyl A, N,N ,N -tetramethy lethylenediamine tetramethyl guanidine tetramethylpiperidine trimethylsilyl 2,2 -bis(di-p-tolylphosphino)-l,r-binaphthyl tetrathiafulvalene... 

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