Trapping of carbolithiation-derived tertiary benzylic α-lithio piperidines with carbon electrophiles: Controlling the formation of α-amino quaternary and vicinal stereocenters†
Abstract
The interception of carbolithiation-derived tertiary benzylic α-lithio piperidines with carbon electrophiles, under HMPA-mediated conditions, has led to the diastereoselective synthesis of vicinally functionalized piperidines bearing α-amino quaternary stereocenters.