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Metalated nitriles: organolithium, -magnesium, and -copper exchange of alpha-halonitriles
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Metalated nitriles: organolithium, -magnesium, and -copper exchange of alpha-halonitriles

Fraser F Fleming, Zhiyu Zhang, Wang Liu and Paul Knochel
Journal of organic chemistry, v 70(6), pp 2200-2205
18 Mar 2005
PMID: 15760206

Abstract

Copper - chemistry Hydrocarbons, Halogenated - chemical synthesis Hydrocarbons, Halogenated - chemistry Lithium - chemistry Magnesium - chemistry Molecular Conformation Nitriles - chemical synthesis Organometallic Compounds - chemistry Stereoisomerism
[reaction: see text] alpha-Halonitriles react with alkyllithium, organomagnesium, and lithium dimethylcuprate reagents generating reactive, metalated nitriles. The rapid halogen-metal exchange with alkyllithium and Grignard reagents allows selective exchange in the presence of reactive carbonyl electrophiles, including aldehydes, providing a high-yielding alkylation protocol. Lithiated and magnesiated nitriles react with propargyl bromide by S(N)2 displacement whereas organocopper nitriles react by S(N)2' displacement, correlating with the formation of a C-metalated nitrile.

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