title: (2-methoxyphenyl)dimethylsilyl lithium and cuprate reagents offer unique advantages in multistep synthesis.
abstract: [structure: see text]. The new silyllithium reagent 1 and the corresponding cyanocuprate 3 are readily generated under optimal conditions and are useful for the formation of C-Si bonds. Tamao-Fleming oxidation of such C-Si bonds can be effected under very mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Corey