Hevia Eva, Gallagher Daniel J, Kennedy Alan R, Mulvey Robert E, O'Hara Charles T, Talmard Christine
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK G1 1XL.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Nov 7(21):2422-3. doi: 10.1039/b410293b. Epub 2004 Sep 23.
Only two-fold amination occurs when 3 molar equivalents of TMPH are offered to a 1:1 BuNa-Bu2Mg mixture; adding TMEDA gives the mixed alkyl amide [(TMEDA)Na(mu-Bu)(mu-TMP)Mg(TMP)], which itself affords the phenyl-bridged analogue when reacted with benzene.