title: Configurational stability of oxymethyllithiums as intermediates in intramolecular rearrangements.
abstract: Several homochiral oxymethyllithiums, chiral by virtue of the hydrogen isotopes protium and deuterium, were prepared. They were tested for their microscopic configurational stability in intramolecular isomerizations, such as the silyl- and germyl-[1,2]-retro-Brook and the sigmatropic[2,3]-Wittig rearrangement. The influence of temperature, solvent, and migrating group on the stability of the intermediate carbanions was studied. Furthermore, the stereochemical course of these rearrangements was elucidated, resulting in highly enantioenriched alcohols (90-97% ee; ee=enantiomeric excess) up to temperatures of 0 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Währingerstr. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Dagmar C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kapeller
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brecker
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hammerschmidt