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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Synth Catal. 2008 May 5;350(7-8):1023–1045. doi: 10.1002/adsc.200800017

Table 1.

Ligand–Free addition of MeLi to imine 8

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entry solvent temp, °C time, h conv., %a
1 toluene −78 4 6
2 toluene −63 2 17
3 toluene −41 0.5 51
4 Et2O −63 2 89
5 hexane–toluene (9/1) −78 4 0
a

Determined by GC analysis of the crude reaction product.