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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: poorstudent83 on July 14, 2009, 05:21:06 PM

Title: LiHMDS
Post by: poorstudent83 on July 14, 2009, 05:21:06 PM

Hi,

I'm looking for a reaction mechanism for the deprotonation of an alpha-C using LiHMDS. ANYTHING?!!!

Title: Re: LiHMDS
Post by: sjb on July 14, 2009, 05:25:01 PM

What do you mean by an alpha-C? Surely it's just like any acid-base reaction?