Acetic Anhydride → Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide

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A commercial solution of lithium bis-(trimethylsilylamide) 1M in tetrahydrofurane (0.95 ml, 0.95 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of (−)-cephalotaxine (200 mg, 0.63 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofurane at −40° C. After stirring for 5 minutes, acetic anhydride (90 μl, 0.95 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was treated like method above-mentioned in 1°). The product thus obtained showed identical characteristics to this obtained above in butyllithium method.

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