Synthesis of Substituted Azepanes and Piperidines Using Organolithium Chemistry

α-Amino-organolithium compounds represent an important class of intermediates due to their excellent nucleophilic reactivity and importance in synthetic organic chemistry. This thesis describes some novel aspects of the n-BuLi mediated lithiation‒substitution of N-Boc heterocycles, including N-Boc-2-substituted azepane, benzazepine and piperidine derivatives.