Lithium diisopropylamide formation

Because carbonyl compounds are only weakly acidic, a strong base is needed for enolate ion formation. If an alkoxide such as sodium ethoxide is used as base, deprotonation takes place only to the extent of about 0. l% because acetone is a weaker acid than ethanol (pKa - 16). If, however, a more powerful base such as sodium hydride (NaH) or lithium diisopropylamide ILiNO -CjHy ] is used, a carbonyl compound can be completely converted into its enolate ion. Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA), which is easily prepared by reaction of the strong base butyllithium with diisopropylamine, is widely used in the laboratory as a base for preparing enolate ions from carbonyl compounds. 

When 2-lithio-2-(trimethylsilyl)-l,3-dithiane,9 formed by deprotonation of 9 with an alkyllithium base, is combined with iodide 8, the desired carbon-carbon bond forming reaction takes place smoothly and gives intermediate 7 in 70-80% yield (Scheme 2). Treatment of 7 with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) results in the formation of a lactam enolate which is subsequently employed in an intermolecular aldol condensation with acetaldehyde (6). The union of intermediates 6 and 7 in this manner provides a 1 1 mixture of diastereomeric trans aldol adducts 16 and 17, epimeric at C-8, in 97 % total yield. Although stereochemical assignments could be made for both aldol isomers, the development of an alternative, more stereoselective route for the synthesis of the desired aldol adduct (16) was pursued. Thus, enolization of /Mactam 7 with LDA, as before, followed by acylation of the lactam enolate carbon atom with A-acetylimidazole, provides intermediate 18 in 82% yield. Alternatively, intermediate 18 could be prepared in 88% yield, through oxidation of the 1 1 mixture of diastereomeric aldol adducts 16 and 17 with trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA) in... 

Formation of a-Sulfinyl Anions with Lithium Diisopropylamide and Subsequent Addition to a,/ -Unsaturatcd Ketones General Procedure1 ... 

When the enolate of an ,) - or a /j,y-unsatunited amide is used, it can react in an a or in a y fashion with a,/i-unsaturated esters, however, in most cases only a-selectivity is observed. Using l-(l-oxo-2-butenyl)pyrrolidine and lithium diisopropylamide at — 78 °C in a THF/HM-I A mixture (1 1), high. syn-selective formation of 3-alkyl-5-oxo-5-(l-pyrrolidinyl)-4-vinylpen-tanoates is achieved78,381 382. Related syn- or anti-selective additions of a vinylogous urethane also are known79. 

When 2,2-dimethylpropanal is used to prepare the azomethine moiety, the corresponding azaallyl anion may be obtained when l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene/lithium bromide is used as base. The subsequent addition to various enones or methyl ( )-2-butenoate proceeds with anti selectivity, presumably via a chelated enolate. However, no reaction occurs when triethylamine is used as the base, whereas lithium diisopropylamide as the base leads to the formation of a cycloadduct, e.g., dimethyl 5-isopropyl-3-methyl-2,4-pyrrolidinedicarboxylate using methyl ( )-2-butenoate as the enone84 89,384. 

An excellent synthetic method for asymmetric C—C-bond formation which gives consistently high enantioselectivity has been developed using azaenolates based on chiral hydrazones. (S)-or (/ )-2-(methoxymethyl)-1 -pyrrolidinamine (SAMP or RAMP) are chiral hydrazines, easily prepared from proline, which on reaction with various aldehydes and ketones yield optically active hydrazones. After the asymmetric 1,4-addition to a Michael acceptor, the chiral auxiliary is removed by ozonolysis to restore the ketone or aldehyde functionality. The enolates are normally prepared by deprotonation with lithium diisopropylamide. 

Lithium salts of resonance-stabilized organic anions have also found a role in carbon-phosphorus bond formation by displacement at phosphorus. The generation of the lithium salt derived from acetonitrile (or other aliphatic nitriles by reaction with butyl lithium or lithium diisopropylamide) provides for carbon-phosphorus bond formation by displacement of halide from phosphorus (Equation 4.24).68... 

Using the mercuric acetate oxidation-zinc powder reduction method, 277 and methyl ( )-geissoschizoate (276) were obtained in about a 3 1 ratio. Formyla-tion of 276 with methyl formate in the presence of lithium diisopropylamide yielded ( )-geissoschizine as the sole product (156). 

Deprotonation readily occurs at C-7, and the resulting anion can further react with various electrophiles. Thus, treatment with BuLi at — 78 °C followed by reaction with diiodoethane was used to prepare the 7-iodo derivatives depicted in Table 2, while the 7-chloro derivatives were prepared by lithiation with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA), followed by reaction with CCI4. The 7-formyl derivative of the parent pyrazolo[l,5- ]pyridine has been prepared in 82% yield by reaction of the BuLi-generated anion with ethyl formate <2001JME2691>. 

The diastereoselective formation of dienol tricarbonyliron complexes on treating rf-2,4-pentadienal)Fe(CO)3 with functionalized zinc-copper reagents has been investigated (equation 49)66. Cyano-substituted complexes undergo intramolecular nucleophilic additions when treated with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) as shown in equation 50. 

The most direct route towards functionalized aliphatic polyesters is based on the functionalization of polyester chains. This approach is a very appealing because a wide range of functionalized aliphatic polyesters could then be made available from a single precursor. This approach was implemented by Vert and coworkers using a two-step process. Eirst, PCL was metallated by lithium diisopropylamide with formation of a poly(enolate). Second, the poly(enolate) was reacted with an electrophile such as naphthoyl chloride [101], benzylchloroformate [101] acetophenone [101], benzaldehyde [101], carbon dioxide [102] tritiated water [103], ot-bromoacetoxy-co-methoxy-poly(ethylene oxide) [104], or iodine [105] (Fig. 26). The implementation of this strategy is, however, difficult because of a severe competition between chain metallation and chain degradation. Moreover, the content of functionalization is quite low (<30%), even under optimized conditions. 

To obtain complete conversion of ketones to enolates, it is necessary to use aprotic solvents so that solvent deprotonation does not compete with enolate formation. Stronger bases, such as amide anion ( NH2), the conjugate base of DMSO (sometimes referred to as the dimsyl anion),2 and triphenylmethyl anion, are capable of effecting essentially complete conversion of a ketone to its enolate. Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA), which is generated by addition of w-butyllithium to diisopropylamine, is widely used as a strong... 

The third synthetic route reported by Husson and co-workers 140) is as follows Amino nitrile 472 obtained from the ketal (471) was converted to the 2,6-dialkylpiperidine (473) by catalytic hydrogenation followed by alkylation with lithium diisopropylamide and pentyl bromide. Refluxing a solution of 473 in methanol containing hydrochloric acid led to the formation of 9-benzyladaline (475) in 90% yield. Debenzylation of 475 gave d/-adaline (107) in nearly quantitative yield (Scheme 59) 140). 

Several lithium reagents have been found to convert pyridine to 2,2 -bipyr-idines in satisfactory yield. Following from the formation of 2,2 -bipyridines from 2-lithiopyridines, it has been found that 2-benzyl-2-lithio-1,3-dithiane forms 2,2 -bipyridine in 30-75% yield when refluxed with pyridine in tetrahydrofuran, " and related compounds behave similarly. Lithium diisopropylamide with pyridine in ether affords up to 50% 2,2 -... 

A synthesis of the [l]benzothieno[3,2- ][l]benzofuran 63 based on the formation of the furan ring in the key step was elaborated. Alkylation of methyl 2-sulfanylbenzoate 349 with 2-hydroxybenzylalcohol 348 was effected with freshly prepared Znl2 in CH2CI2 and 350 was obtained. Cyclization with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in THF afforded 351, which on subsequent cyclodehydration with polyphosphoric acid (PPA) gave 63 in moderate yield (Scheme 36) <2000CCC1939>. 

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