Kobayashi Shu, Matsubara Ryosuke
Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, The HFRE Division, ERATO (Japan) Science Technology Agency (JST), Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Chemistry. 2009 Oct 19;15(41):10694-700. doi: 10.1002/chem.200901515.
We describe here carbanion reactions using catalytic amounts of bases. The carbanions formed are different from conventional carbanions in which stoichiometric amounts of bases are needed for the formation. Two types of reactions using such carbanions from amide (imido) and ester equivalents are discussed.