. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2009 Nov 6;74(21):8309–8313. doi: 10.1021/jo9015369

Table 3.

In Situ Trapping with Aldehydes and Ketones^a


reagent
entry	arene	base	product	yield
1		Ph₂CO tBuOLi		41%
2		Ph₂CO tBuOLi		77%
3		tBuCHO tBuOLi		66%
4		tBuCHO tBuOLi		91%
5		tBuCHO tBuOLi		68%
6		p-Chloro-benzaldehyde tBuOLi		93%
7		p-Chloro-benzaldehyde tBuOLi		85%
8		C₆H₁₁CHO K₃PO₄		50%

Substrate (1 equiv), base (1.5–3.0 equiv), ketone or aldehyde (3.0 equiv). Yields are isolated yields. See the Supporting Information for details.