Abstract
Chloro(trifluoromethyl)benzenes and bromo(trifluoromethyl)benzenes undergo deprotonation at a position adjacent to the single halogen substituent when treated with alkyllithiums (at −75 °C) and, respectively, lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (at −100 °C) in tetrahydrofuran. Positional ambiguities, if existing, can be exploited to establish optional site selectivities. Thus, butyllithium reacts with 1-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzene under hydrogen/metal interconversion at the 2-position whereas sec-butyllithium attacks exclusively the 6-position. The latter mode of regioselectivity is also exhibited by 1-bromo-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzene in the presence of lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide, only 2-bromo-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyllithium being produced. 2-Bromo-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyllithium is directly inaccessible, but is formed when 2-bromo-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyllithium, generated at −100 °C, is allowed to isomerize at −75 °C.
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