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A Protocol for Safe Lithiation Reactions Using Organolithium Reagents
Published on: November 12, 2016
Control of tandem isomerizations: flow-assisted reactions of o-lithiated aryl benzyl ethers
Hyune-Jea Lee1, Heejin Kim, Jun-Ichi Yoshida
1Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang, 790-784, South Korea. dpkim@postech.ac.kr.
Abstract:
Tandem chemical changes are often difficult to control at will, because they proceed rapidly through multiple unstable reactive intermediates. It is desirable to develop a novel method for controlling such tandem changes to obtain desired products with high selectivity. Herein, we report a flow microreactor platform for controlling tandem isomerizations of o-lithiated aryl benzyl ethers based on precise residence time control.
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