Notes: Low Temperature 13C-NMR. Spectra of 13C- and 6Li-Labelled Chloro-, Bromo-, and Iodo-lithiumcarbenoidsThe 13C-NMR. spectra of tetrahydrofuran solutions of 16 chloro-, bromo-, and iodo-6lithio- and -7lithio-carbenoids with 13C-labelled methane, ethane, ethylene, and cyclopropane C-skeletons have been measured at temperatures around - 100° (for examples see Fig. 1 and 2). Invariably, the exchange of hydrogen or halogen by lithium causes deshielding (Δδ, see Table 1) of the 13C-signal by up to 289 and 434 ppm, respectively, and decrease of 1J (1H, 13C) and 1J(13C,13C) couplings (see Table 2) with the C-atom of up to 104 and 30 Hz, respectively. The 1J(6Li, 13C) and 1J(7Li, 13C) coupling of ca. 17 and 45 Hz, respectively, obtained in ten cases (Table 1) is independant of the substitution pattern of the C-skeleton and of the particular halogen atom.

Notes: Low-Temperature 13C-NMR. Spectroscopy of Organolithium Derivatives. - 13C, 6Li-Coupling, a Powerful Structural InformationThe 13C-NMR. spectra of thirteen lithiated hydrocarbons (1c-13c. Table 2) and of eighteen a-halo-lithium carbenoids (14c-31c, Table 3) have been recorded in donor solvent (R2O, R3N) mixtures at temperatures down to -150°. The organolithium species were generated from singly or doubly 13C-labelled precursors by H/6Li- or Br/6-exchange. - 13C, 6Li-Coupling was observed of all species but those which supposedly contain contact ion pair C,Li-bonds (benzylic and acetylenic derivatives). The multiplicities of the signals are correlated with the degree of aggregation in solution: the triplets of the halocarbenoids must arise from monomers or heteroatom-bridged oligomers, the quintuplets of butyl-, cyclopropyl-, bycyclo[1.1.0]butyl-, vinyl-, and phenyllithium from dimers with planar arrangement of two Li- and two C-atoms, as known from crystal structures (Scheme 3). All 13C, 6Li-couplings are temperature-dependent, dynamic processes cause them to disappear above ca. -70° (Fig. 1-4). - Types of organolithium compounds are categorized according to the change of chemical shift δΔ (H, Li) upon H/Li-substitution, according to the 13C, 6Li-coupling constants ranging from 0 to 17 Hz, and according to the multiplicities which indicate the aggregation: type A are Li-derivatives of alkanes and cycloalkanes, type B are s̰-bonded vinyl, aryl, and alinyl derivatives, type C are a-heterosubstituted (RS, hetero=halogen) organolithium compounds, and type D are π-bonded allylic and benzylic systems (Table 5). The C,Li-distances in the crystal structures of representatives of all four classes are within the small range of 2.18-2.28 Å (cf. Scheme 3). - Some surprising observations and their interpretations and consequences are: (a) butyllithium solutions in THF, THF/TMEDA, and dimethyl ether contain increasing amounts of dimer upon cooling, the equilibrium (tetramer · 4 THF)+4 THF ⇌ 2 (dimer · 4 THF) being shifted to the right (Fig. 1 and Scheme 4); thus, more of a different species is present at low temperatures, with the accompanying changes in reactivity; (b) mixed higher aggregates are formed upon addition of butyllithium to bicyclobutyllithium; these are broken up to dimers upon addition of TMEDA (Tetramethylethylene-diamine) (Fig. 2 and Scheme 5); (c) the solid state, the calculated gas-phase and the solution species of phenyllithium all have dimeric structures, and so do vinyl and cyclopropyl lithium derivatives; the 13C-deshielding observed upon replacement of H by Li on sp2- and sp-C-atoms is related to a polarization of the π-electrons (Table 3, Fig. 3 and Scheme 6); (d) the spectra of halo-lithium carbenoids show three striking features as compared to the C,H-compound: deshielding of up to 280 ppm (Table 3), strong decrease of the coupling constant with 1H- and 13C-nuclei attached to the carbenoid C-atom (Table 4), and a structure-independant, almost constant, large 13C, 6Li-coupling constant of 17 Hz (Table 3); as shown in Scheme 7, these effects might be the consequence of a reduced degree of hybridization of the carbenoid C-atom. - The preparation of the labelled compounds and the generation of solutions of the organolithium compounds for NMR. measurements are described in full detail.

Notes: The title compound is synthesized with 13C- and 6Li-labelling on the fluorinated carbon atom. H/Li-Exchange in fluoromethyl phenyl sulfoxide (1→2) causes a Δδ(13C) = + 11.4 ppm, a ΔJ(13C,1H) ≈ 0 Hz, and a ΔJ(19F,13C) = + 80.4 Hz. Tentative conclusions bout the struture of the title compound are drawn from these changes.

Notes: The dimeric and tetrametic structures of complexes of phenylethinyllithium, as recently discovered by X-ray analysis in the solid state, were also found to be present in solution. Tetrahydrofuran solutions of 1-(6Li)-[1-13C]-2-phenylethyne in the presence or absence of N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylpolymethylenediamines show a pentuplett 13C-NMR signal [δ=140 ppm, J(C,Li)=8.2 Hz] from the labelled C-atom at low temperatures (-95 to -110°). This proves the dimeric structure. When (6Li)BuLi is added, a mixed dimer [(C6H5C≡CLi)(C4H9Li)] is formed [δ=142 ppm, J(C,Li) = 7.8 Hz]. This is converted to a mixed tetramer [(C6H5C≡CLi)(C4H9Li)3] upon addition of larger amounts of (6Li)BuLi, as concluded from a signal at δ = 133.5 ppm, J(C,Li) = 5.6 Hz. The multiplicity of this signal suggests that a static tetramer is present, in which the C-atoms couple only with three next Li-neighbors.

Notes: The 13C-NMR spectra of 19 different, singly, doubly, and triple 13C-labelled α-sulfur- and α-selenium-substituted 6Li-derivatives generated from methyl and phenyl thioethers, thioacetals, trithio-orthoesters and from their selenium analogues have been recorded in ethereal solutions (tetrahydrofuran (THF), 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF) at temperatures between -30° and -110°. The effects of H/Li-exchange upon chemical shifts and coupling constants, as well as the values and multiplicities of Li, 13C-coupling are interpreted in vie wof crystal structures of some of the same compounds. In two thirds of the cases studied, the H-decoupled 13C-NMR signals observed below -80° were triplets, proving that the C-atoms are bonded to single 6Li-atoms. This is compatible either with monomeric or with dimeric, heteroatom-bridged structures. The direct 1H, 13C- and 13C, 13C-coupling constants (1J) decrease, the 13C, 77Se-coupling constants increase upon lithiation. More striking is that the geminal coupling 13C-S-13C (2J) is too small to be observed in the non-metalated species, while it ranges from 3.7 to 7.5 Hz in the lithiated derivatives. These observations may be interpreted as resulting from delocalization of electron density from the carbonionic center towards the adjacent heteroatom.

Notes: Die Carbonyl-C-Atome von Ketonen (Aceton, Cyclohexanon) und Aldehyden (Propanal, 2,2-Dimethylpropanal, Acrolein, Benzaldehyd und p-Methoxybenzaldehyd) wurden über ein - von Tetrabrommethan stammendes - Kohlenstoffatom zu trisubstituierten Allenen verknüpft (9 und 10, siehe Schema 1). Die Reaktionssequenz besteht dabei aus vier Schritten: a) Olefinierung des Ketons zu einem 1,1-Dibromalken (1, 2); b) Br/Li-Austausch bei - 105 °C und Addition des entstehenden Brom-lithium-carbenoids (3, 4) an einen Aldehyd zum allylischen Bromhydrin (5, 6); c) O-Silylierung zum Silylether (7, 8); d) Eliminierung mit tert-Butyllithium zum Allen (9, 10).

Notes: Die aus α-Bromlithiocyclopropanen und Aldehyden oder Ketonen erhältlichen Bromhydrine (C, 2, 5) werden durch eine O-Silylierung mit Chlor- oder Iodtrimethylsilan/Hexamethyldisilazan/Pyridin und anschließende Behandlung mit tert-Butyllithium in hohen Ausbeuten in Methylencyclopropan-Derivate (4a-f, 7) übergeführt. Damit wird diese synthetisch nützliche Substanzklasse leicht zugänglich aus Olefinen, Bromoform und Carbonylverbindungen (B).