Generation and reactions of 2-lithio-2-substituted-1,3-benzodithioles; new, convenient acyl carbanion equivalents

✍ Scribed by Smollie Ncube; Andrew Pelter; Keith Smith; Philip Blatcher; Stuart Warren

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 207 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)91532-1

✦ Synopsis

The reaction of BunLi with 2-substituted-l, 3-benzodithioles yields anions which react predictably with organic electrophiles to yield products in which the protected carbonyl group is readily unmasked. The anions constitute useful acyl carbanion equivalent 8.