Synthesis 2002, 491-496.
Page 491, right column, paragraph 2, line 3. „TMEDA,” should be replaced by „TMEDA,Z”. Reference Z is as follows:
(Z) For several reviews and original publications reporting related examples of lithiation with BuLi and BuLi/TMEDA see: (a) Kaiser, E. M. J. Organomet. Chem. 1982, 227, 1. (b) Snieckus, V. Chem. Rev. 1990, 90, 879. (c) Neugebauer, W.; Kos, A. J.; Schleyer, P. v. R. J. Organomet. Chem. 1982, 228, 107. (d) Neugebauer, W.; Clark, T.; Schleyer, P. v. R. Chem. Ber. 1983, 116, 3283. (e) Bauer, W.; Clark, T.; Schleyer, P. v. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 970. (f) Ashe, A. J. III; Kampf, J. W.; Savla, P. M. J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 5558.
Page 492, right column, paragraph 2, line 7. „dilithium derivative 9” should be replaced by „ dilithium derivative 9Y” Reference Y is as follows:
(Y) References relevant to the preparation of the parent compound and related dilithium compounds as well as to the structure of these dilithiostyroles: (a) Eppers, O.; Günther, H.; Klein, K.-D.; Maercker, A. Magn. Reson. Chem. 1991, 29, 1065. (b) Maercker, A.; Klein, K.-D. J. Organomet. Chem. 1991, 401, C1. (c) Maercker, A.; Bodenstedt, H.; Brandsma, L. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1992, 31, 1339; Angew. Chem. 1992, 104, 1387. (d) Ashe A. J. III; Savla, P. M. J. Organomet. Chem. 1993, 461, 1. (e) Mons, H.-E.; Günther, H.; Maercker, A. Chem. Ber. 1993, 126, 2747. (f) Maercker, A.; Daub, V. E. E. Tetrahedron, 1994, 50, 2439. (g) Günther, H.; Eppers, O.; Hausmann, H.; Hüls, D.; Mons, H.-E.; Klein, K.-D.; Maercker, A. Helv. Chim. Acta 1995, 78, 1913.
Page 495, right column, reference 3, line 3. „37, 43” should be replaced by „37, 430”.
The authors apologize for having omitted these references. The changes do not affect the outcome and conclusions of the study.