Crossing organolithium compounds with organolithium compounds : molecular squares and a cage-encapsulating reaction

Fyfe, Andrew A. and Kennedy, Alan R. and Klett, Jan and Mulvey, Robert E. (2011) Crossing organolithium compounds with organolithium compounds : molecular squares and a cage-encapsulating reaction. Angewandte Chemie, 50 (34). pp. 7776-7780. ISSN 1521-3773 (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201103027)

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Abstract

Triple-crossed: An extraordinary crossing reaction involving three popular utility organolithium reagents nBuLi, LiTMP (TMP=2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide), and LiC5H5 leads to the unexpected deprotonation of C5H5− anions to C5H42− dianions, which was manifested through the trapping of the hexameric nBuLi cage by a [{Li(μ-TMP)Li(μ-C5H5)}4] molecular square ring (see picture).

ORCID iDs

Fyfe, Andrew A., Kennedy, Alan R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-6015, Klett, Jan and Mulvey, Robert E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-2564;
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