Laying the way to meta-functionalization of naphthalene proton sponge via the use of Schlosser's superbase
Lithiation of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene (DMAN) with Schlosser's superbase (n-BuLi–t-BuOK) in the presence of TMEDA in hexane was examined. It has been shown that, compared …
