The observation of a Pb–Li bond; synthesis, structure and model molecular orbital (MO) calculations on the monomeric Ph3Pb–Li·(pmdeta) complex [pmdeta =(Me2NCH2CH2)2NMe]

Abstract
The title compound has been synthesised by the cleavage reaction of Ph3Pb–PbPh3 with BunLi and has been shown to have a monomeric Pb–Li bonded structure in the solid state; ab initio calculations have been used to probe the nature of the early main group metal/heavy p block metal bonding involved.

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