A "lithium-bonded" cyclopropyl edge: The X-ray crystal structure of [Li-O-C(Me)-(c-CHCH2CH2)2]6 and computational studies

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 48, 1996, Pages 12183-12189

  Goldfuss, Bernd ^a   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^a   Hampel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030443602     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9618661     Document Type: Article

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