title: Serendipity strikes again--efficient preparation of lithium tetramethylcuprate(III) via rapid injection NMR.
abstract: Lithium tetramethylcuprate(III), Me(4)CuLi, the Cu(III) analog of the Gilman reagent, has been prepared in high yield from halo-Gilman reagents Me(2)CuLi.LiX (X = Cl, Br, I) and 2,3-dichloropropene and found to have surprising thermal stability. The cyano-Gilman reagent (X = CN) follows a different pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
authors.forename: Erika R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bertz
authors.forename: Stephen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cope
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ogle
authors.forename: Andy A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Thomas