Chiral Bases as Useful Probes of Lithium Amide Reactivity

Abstract

Experiments involving competition between chiral and achiral lithium amides provide a qualitative impression of the kinetics of different amide motifs in enolization reactions. The level of enantioselectivity was not diminished by the inclusion of lithium diisopropylamide (LDA; see scheme) into asymmetric enolizations mediated by a chiral lithium amide base, derived from a 1,2-diamine. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.