Dj. Ramon et M. Yus, GAMMA-FUNCTIONALIZED BETA-METHYLENE ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUNDS FROM 3-CHLORO-2-(CHLOROMETHYL)PROPENE - SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS, Tetrahedron, 49(44), 1993, pp. 10103-10110
The reaction of functionalised methallylic chlorides 1 with an excess
of lithium powder and a catalytic amount of naphthalene (8 mol %) in t
he presence of a carbonyl compound (Barbier-type conditions) at -78-de
grees-C leads, after hydrolysis with water, to the corresponding polyf
unctionalised compounds 2. Starting materials 1 are easily available f
rom 3-chloro-2-(chloromethyl)propene by nucleophilic substitution.