title: On the mechanism of THF catalyzed vinylic lithiation of allylamine derivatives: structural studies using 2-D and diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: N-Lithio-N-(trialkylsilyl)allylamines can be deprotonated in the presence of ethereal solvents exclusively at the cis-vinylic position to yield 3,N-dilithio-N-(trialkylsilyl)allylamines under mild conditions. Low temperature (1)H and (7)Li NMR ((1)H NOESY, TOCSY, (1)H/(7)Li HSQC, and DO-NMR) studies on the solution structure of 3,N-dilithio-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)allylamine identified three major aggregates in THF (monomer, dimer and tetramer), but the aggregate structures failed to explain the solvent dependence and regiochemical outcome of the reaction. Low temperature (1)H NMR (NOESY, TOCSY, DO-NMR) studies on the solution structure of N-lithio-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)allylamine in the presence of nBuLi identified amide/nBuLi mixed aggregates in both the ethereal solvent THF (1:1 dimer) and the hydrocarbon solvent toluene (1:3 tetramer). Addition of 2 equiv of THF to toluene solutions induces the formation of the same THF solvated 1:1 dimer as observed in neat THF. NMR evidence suggests that in THF the mixed aggregate has close contact between the olefin and the beta-CH(2) of nBuLi, while in the absence of THF, the allyl chain appears to be pointed away from the nearest nBuLi residues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Madeleine A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Keresztes
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Williard
mesh_terms: D000499:Allylamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003903:Deuterium; D004058:Diffusion; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry*; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D012996:Solutions; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C046771:butyllithium; C018674:tetrahydrofuran; D000499:Allylamine; D008094:Lithium; D003903:Deuterium