Most synthetic chemists will have at some point utilized a sterically demanding secondary amide (R2 N(-) ). The three most important examples, lithium 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS), lithium diisopropylamide (LiDA), and lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (LiTMP)-the "utility amides"-have long been indispensible particularly for lithiation (Li-H exchange) reactions. Like organolith...

Precocene Analogues, Deuteration A convenient route for the preparation of title compounds from benzopyran-4-one (1) and its corresponding 3,3-H2 deuterated analogue (2) is reported. Treatment of 1 or 2 with lithium aluminum deuteride followed by dehydration afforded, respectively, 4-H precocene (3c) or 3,4-H2 precocene (3b). Likewise, reduction of 2 with lithium aluminum hydride and subsequent...

Difluoromethylation on sp(3) carbon of various nitrile compounds with lithium base and fluoroform (CF3H), which is an ideal difluoromethylating reagent, is shown to provide the α-difluoromethylated nitrile products with an all-carbon quaternary center in moderate to high yields. The Ruppert-Prakash reagent (CF3TMS) is also applicable to the reaction, affording the α-siladifluoromethylated nitri...

The phase diagram of the ternary system L i I n S b is determined at 400 °C by electrochemical techniques. The lithium content of samples with different In : Sb ratios is varied by coulometric titration. The equilibrium lithium activities are obtained from emf measurements. Two new ternary compounds, Li3InSb2 and Li6InSb3 with a wide range of stoichiometry, exist along the quasibinary cut InSb-...

The stereospecific and regioselective C(3) alkynylation of trisubstituted epoxides has been achieved with lithium alkynyl trimethylaluminium ate complexes in the presence of BF3 x OEt2.

Successive [2+4] cycloadditions of arynes and isobenzofurans by site-selective halogen-lithium exchange of 1,2-dihaloarenes were developed, allowing the rapid construction of polycyclic compounds which serve as a useful synthetic intermediates for the preparation of various polyacene derivatives.

High pressure can fundamentally alter the bonding patterns of chemical elements. Its effects include stimulating elements thought to be "inactive" to form unexpectedly stable compounds with unusual chemical and physical properties. Here, using an unbiased structure search method based on CALYPSO methodology and density functional total energy calculations, the phase stabilities and crystal stru...

Two model compounds, lithium imidazolium (LiIm) and lithium 2-undecylimidazolium (und-LiIm), were synthesized. These materials are chosen as models of potential lithium ion conductors for use as electrolytes in lithium batteries. Solid-state NMR was used to provide information on the microscopic interactions including ionic mobility and ring reorientations which govern the efficiency of conduct...

Sulfur-rich lithium polysulfidophosphates (LPSPs) act as an enabler for long-lasting and efficient lithium-sulfur batteries. LPSPs have ionic conductivities of 3.0×10(-5)  S cm(-1) at 25 °C, which is 8 orders of magnitude higher than that of Li2S. The high lithium ion conductivity imparts excellent cycling performance, and the batteries are configured in an all-solid state, which promises safe ...