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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1773176
The Takai–Oshima–Lombardo Methylenation of Carbonyl Compounds
Effective Methods of Carbonyl Methylenation using CH2I2–Zn–Me3Al and CH2Br2–Zn–TiCl4 System.
Tetrahedron Lett. 1978;
27: 2417-2420
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)94789-6
Methylenation of Carbonyl Compounds with Zn-CH2Br2-TiCl4. Application to Gibberellins.
Tetrahedron Lett. 1982;
23: 4293-4296
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88728-6

Significance
The Takai–Oshima–Lombardo methylenation is a synthetically important reaction to convert carbonyl compounds into alkenes. Initially introduced by Takai, Oshima and co-workers in 1978, this transformation was further elaborated by Lombardo in 1982. The Zn/CH2Br2/TiCl4 system is also known as the Lombardo–Oshima reagent.
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Comment
The highly electrophilic methylenation reagent is formed in situ and stable at low temperatures. In contrast to the Wittig reaction, this protocol is applicable to base-sensitive substrates, as demonstrated by the olefination of enolizable gibberellin derivatives without erosion of enantiomeric excess. The structure of the active species is assumed to be a gem-dimetallic species (see path a).
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