α-Amino carbene or carbenoid formation in the reaction of a tertiary amide with PhMe 2 SiLi and its insertion into the Si–Li bond of a second equivalent

I Fleming, SR Mack, BP Clark

Index: Fleming, Ian; Mack, Stephen R.; Clark, Barry P. Chemical Communications, 1998 , # 6 p. 713 - 714

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Abstract

PhMe2SiLi reacts with tertiary amides, RCONMe2, to give a carbene, RCNMe2, or an equivalent carbenoid, which gives enediamines, R (Me2N) CC (NMe2) R, in the absence of a strong nucleophile, but is attacked by strong nucleophiles, NuLi, to give lithium reagents R (Me2N) CLiNu.