Abstract:This work shows why it is imperious to use an excess of butyllithium for a directed ortho‐lithiation of a trifluoromethyl sulfoximine. The analysis of mixtures of n‐BuLi and sulfoximine 1 in THF‐d8 using {1H, 6Li, 13C, 15N, 19F} NMR experiments at low temperatures reveal that a first deprotonation occurs that leads to dimeric and tetrameric N‐lithiated sulfoximine (93 : 7). Using an excess n‐BuLi (5 equivalents), the second deprotonation on the ortho‐position of the aromatic occurs. Six species were observed a… Show more
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