
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Della, EW 
A1  - Taylor, DK 
T1  - Importance of the Halogen in the Competition Between Metal Halogen Exchange and 1,3-Elimination of 1-Halobicyclo(1.1.1)pentane
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1991
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
SP  - 881
EP  - 885
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9910881 
N2  - 1-Iodobicyclo[1.1.1]pentane reacts cleanly with t-butyllithium by a metal-halogen exchange process to give 1-lithiobicyclo[1.1.1]pentane. Both 1-chlorobicyclo[1.1.1]pentane and the parent hydrocarbon bicyclo [1.1.1]pentane are found to be inert to t-butyllithium. 
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