Direct observation of an internally π-complexed alkenyllithium compound in THF solution
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 11,p. 1953-1954
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29950001953
Abstract
NMR studies have shown that the hexenyllithium compound 4 exists at –80 °C in THF solution as two distinct species: the ‘normal’ THF solvated alkyllithium compound 4a and the internally π-complexed species 4b in a ratio of 5.5:1.Keywords
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