M. A. Vovk

Aggregation behaviour of lithionaphthalenes in solution: experimental and theoretical study featured image

Aggregation behaviour of lithionaphthalenes in solution: experimental and theoretical study

The aggregation of a series of mono- and dilithionaphthalenes in THF solutions in the presence of tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) and pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDTA) was …

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Dr. Alexander Antonov
How strong is hydrogen bonding to the amide nitrogen? featured image

How strong is hydrogen bonding to the amide nitrogen?

The protonation of the carboxamide nitrogen atom is an essential part of in vivo and in vitro processes (cis-trans isomerization, amides hydrolysis etc). This phenomenon is well …

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Dr. Vladimir Mikshiev
Laying the way to meta-functionalization of naphthalene proton sponge via the use of Schlosser's superbase featured image

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 …

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Dr. Alexander Antonov
Ring lithiation of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene: another side of the „proton sponge coin” featured image

Ring lithiation of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene: another side of the „proton sponge coin”

It has been found that 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene (DMAN), unlike N,N-dimethylaniline, undergoes ring metallation in the n-BuLi–TMEDA–Et2O system with a low selectivity and …

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Dr. Alexander Antonov