Prof. Peter Tolstoy

Prof. Peter Tolstoy

Saint Petersburg University

1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)naphthyl-2-ketimines: Inside vs outside protonation

The structure and protonation behaviour of four ortho-arylketimines of 1,8-bis(dimethylamonio)naphthalene with a different number of methoxy groups in an aromatic substituent were …

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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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