Abstract
Transmetalation of C-5-lithiomethylisoxazoles with the lower-order cuprate reagent lithium thienylcyanocuprate (Li[ThCuCN]) in THF results in exclusive conjugate addition to α,β-unsaturated carbonyls. In contrast, transmetalation with samarium tris(hexamethyldisilazide) (Sm[HMDS]3) in diethyl ether directs 1,2-carbonyl addition. In both cases, optimum results were realized with a 4,5-dihydro-4,4-dimethyl-Δ2-2-oxazoline substituent at the C-4 position of the isoxazole.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1041-1044 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Synthesis |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - 1997 |