Structural elaboration of the surprising ortho-zincation of benzyl methyl ether?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2010-01-20 DOI: 10.1039/B924791B

Abstract

Breaking with convention, the reaction of the sodium zincate, [(TMEDA)Na(μ-TMP)(μ-tBu)Zn(tBu)] with benzyl methyl ether (PhCH2OMe) produces exclusively an ortho-zincated intermediate [(TMEDA)Na(μ-TMP)(μ-C6H4CH2OMe)Zn(tBu)] instead of the expected “thermodynamic” α-metallated product.

Graphical abstract: Structural elaboration of the surprising ortho-zincation of benzyl methyl ether
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