Microsolvation and sp²-stereoinversion of monomeric α-(2,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)vinyllithium as measured by NMR

• Rudolf Knorr,
• Monika Knittl and
• Eva C. Rossmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2521–2530, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.263

• pair intermediate; monomeric alkenyllithiums; pseudoactivation parameters; sp2-stereoinversion mechanism; THF catalysis; Introduction Organolithium compounds tend to aggregate in solution unless the structure of their carbanionic part favors the nonaggregated (monomeric) species [2]. For example